Included in Hutton's collection were masks of George Washington, Abraham Lincoln, Benjamin Franklin and Walt Whitman. Back in Hutton's day, this wasn't as strange as it sounds. Death masks were ...

There's the George Washington ... Schwartz access to Washington's skeleton so he moved to other objects: clothing (but no shoes, boots or hats); a statue, bust and life mask by Jean-Antoine ...

Would George Washington have worn a mask? In his day a very controversial ... His actions saved many of his men from death or disfigurement. Ben Franklin pushed for inoculations, yet did not ...

And yet, as a scholar writing a new biography of George Washington, I can’t help making a bold declaration: The Father of this country would wear his mask in public. Face masks have become ...