Houdon's Mask of Washington

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Houdon’s portrait sculpture of Washington was the result of a specific invitation by Benjamin Franklin to cross the Atlantic specifically to visit Mount Vernon, so that Washington could model for him. Washington sat for wet clay life models and a plaster life mask in 1785.

Keywords

portrait, George Washington, mask, Sculpture, Jean-Antoine Houdon

Galleries

Famous People: W, US Presidents, Washington's Birthday

Source

Benson John Lossing, ed. Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (vol. 4) (New York, NY: Harper and Brothers, 1912)

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