Sculpture of "The Gettysburg Lincoln" by Robert Berks
The National Park Service
Authoring, Researching, Reporting, and other Work
A Learning On-Line Learning Activity by Howard Taylor (Updated 11/28/09)
Authoring, Researching, Reporting, and other Work
A Learning On-Line Learning Activity by Howard Taylor (Updated 11/28/09)
 Leonard W. Volk plaster cast of Lincoln's face, March, 1860, only months before his November 6 election.
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Sculptures, Life and Death Masks and Great Paintings of Abraham Lincoln |
Gettysburg Lincoln by Robert Berks Sculpture of "The Gettysburg Lincoln" by Robert Berks The National Park Service
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The Life and Death
Masks, Photographs
of the 16th
President , Abraham Lincoln
| We can't see the President in person, as he has been
dead
for over 130 years. We can look at wonderful paintings, drawings
and
even actual photos, but the plaster masks produced in olden days, with
Abraham Lincoln participating in at least three instances, make for the
most realistic 3-D depiction of the President.
It may seem kind of grotesque to view the masks and the hand impressions, but we must remember that the President volunteered to go through the uncomfortable process to allow the artists to do the masks. This Lincoln Web Activity is Planned to help you to understand the appearance of Abraham Lincoln, and to show how the terrible war he was in charge of, took a poll on his appearance and health. These Links will take you to the death and life masks, photographs and sculptures of the President
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