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It is from between 1934 and 1942 but it is a reprocduction of a popular decoration from around 1900.
Hint: also known as "the most kissed ace on earth".
No it isn't Madonna.
Anyone recognize this lady?
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It is from between 1934 and 1942 but it is a reprocduction of a popular decoration from around 1900.
Hint: also known as "the most kissed ace on earth".
No it isn't Madonna.
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mycrofft
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/L'Inconnue_de_la_Seine
The photo is from EBay for a terracotta decoration of L'Inconnue de la Seine", or "The Mystery Lady of the Seine". Allegedly a death mask taken from the body of a young woman pulled from the Seine in the late 1800's, became a popular romantic decoration.
When CPR was being developed by an Austrian doctor, he approached the Norwegian maker of toys and military moulage appliances, Asmund Laerdal, to make a manikin to use as a training said. Ironically, he used the face of an alleged drowning victim.
The NPR "Radiolab" series did an installment on this, and it was noted that the story of the origins of the deathmask are varied and regional, and that a forensic specialist comments the face was not of someone who drowned in a river then was pulled out at a later time, but more like a live model. (The tightly closed eyes suggest that to me also).
http://www.radiolab.org/blogs/radiolab-blog/2011/nov/28/death-mask/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/L'Inconnue_de_la_Seine
The photo is from EBay for a terracotta decoration of L'Inconnue de la Seine", or "The Mystery Lady of the Seine". Allegedly a death mask taken from the body of a young woman pulled from the Seine in the late 1800's, became a popular romantic decoration.
When CPR was being developed by an Austrian doctor, he approached the Norwegian maker of toys and military moulage appliances, Asmund Laerdal, to make a manikin to use as a training said. Ironically, he used the face of an alleged drowning victim.
The NPR "Radiolab" series did an installment on this, and it was noted that the story of the origins of the deathmask are varied and regional, and that a forensic specialist comments the face was not of someone who drowned in a river then was pulled out at a later time, but more like a live model. (The tightly closed eyes suggest that to me also).
http://www.radiolab.org/blogs/radiolab-blog/2011/nov/28/death-mask/
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I could have sworn it was Han Solo
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I'd have to agree, it is a dead on Han in his frozen status.