Reproduction
cast
Description
Plaster death mask of Johanne Rehn. Part of Robert Noel's Casts of Heads of Criminals & Suicides series.
Cast of female head and neck on a base. Head is shaved but with noticable eyebrows and eyelashes. Both ears have pieces missing from damage to cast. On the left side there are two scars from execution injuries. Mouth is open slightly, some damage to the nose and the left side of the chin.
Rhen was born in 1822 and executed in Dresden in 1852 for killing her 2-year-old daughter.
Date
1852 to 1852
Lieu de création
Dresden
Matériel
Documentation
- Noel, Robert Ralph, Notes Biographical and Phrenological Illustrating a Collection of Casts
Robert Noel Collection
N° d'objet
LDUSC-Noel-40
UCL Science and Engineering Collections
