Rensselaer Republican, Volume 27, Number 42, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 13 June 1895 — GRESHAM’S DEATH MASK. [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

GRESHAM’S DEATH MASK.

A Perfect Plaster Cast of the Face of the Late Secretary of State. The plaster cast of the face of the late Secretary Gresham has been completed and the sculptor, U. S. J. Dunbar, has made two photographs, giving effective front and side views of the cast To the man who will be unable to see the face of the dead these pictures will give a strikingly accurate view of the features of the Secretary,; calm and peaceful in death, with the lineaments of strength, firmness

and dignity still present. Aside from the value of the cast as a representation of the Secretary’s features in death, it will have ita chief purpose as the most accurate guide for the perficted bust of Mr. Gresham. The cast is but a mechanical process, but the hand of the sculptor will now fashion (ho clay into a complete representation, giving life to the eyes and 'expression to the features. One of the last acts before the remains of the Secretary were robed for death and committed to the casket was to maka the plaster cast of the features.

DEATH MASK OF GRESHAM.