Detail of a bronze death mask of the Duke of Wellington, at Walmer Castle

Date:
9 Jun 2015
Location:
Walmer Castle, Walmer, Dover, Kent
Reference:
DP173084
Type:
Photograph (Digital)
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Description

The death mask was made in 1853 from a plaster cast made by the sculptor George Gammon Adams, three days after the Duke of Wellington's death in 1852.

Content

This is part of the Job: 2K/24127 Walmer Castle, Walmer, Kent; within the Volume: VF000323 Walmer Castle, Walmer, Kent; within the Series: EHC01/002 Eh Architectural Requests; within the Collection: EHC01 English Heritage(Eh):Archive

Rights

© Historic England Archive

People & Organisations

Photographer: Baker, Steven: Historic England

Keywords

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