Reproduction
Description
Plaster death mask of Baron Karl Friedrich Von Rumohr. Part of Robert Noel's Casts of Intellectuals series.
Cast of a man's head and neck. The cast is on a round base inscribed with the number 6. The eyes and mouth are closed, the head is bald on top with hair around back and sides. The chin and upper lip are clean shaven, there is a neck beard and sideburns. There are chips on the left cheek, the right eyebrow and right cheek. There is a circular patch of damage on the back of the cast behind the neck.
Von Rumohr was born in 1785 and died in 1843, he was an art historian, culinary writer and art collector
Creator
Papatschy, Franz Xaver (1797 - 1875)
Production Date
1843 to 1843
Production Place
Dresden
Production Reason
Produced for Robert Noel's phrenological collection
Material
Publications
- Noel, Robert Ralph, Notes Biographical and Phrenological Illustrating a Collection of Casts
Associated Person
Collection
Robert Noel Collection
Accession Number
LDUSC-Noel-06
Administration Name
UCL Science and Engineering Collections
