King Edward VI of England died after a long illness at the age of 15. To the shock of many, the crown passed not to his elder ...

England's legendary playwright and poet died on April 23, 1616, at the age of 52. In 1849, Dr. Ludwig Becker found his death mask in Mainz ... Getty Images 2.Mary, Queen of Scots The one-time ...

First, Veselá visited two death masks of Prince Charlie ... queen consort of France (1559–60). Mary was forced to flee to England following a rebellion among Scottish nobles.

They’ve been used over the centuries by various cultures and in Medieval England and France were used for royal funeral effigies. Death masks were also popular in the Victorian era. Scientists b ...

Those in attendance were keen to create a death mask, an impression of the face usually ... of the most controversial Middle Ages tales. How Mary Mallon, an Irish cook for New York's elite ...

Mary Ball was executed in 1849 after being found ... Immediately afterwards, her features, including every wrinkle, were captured in a death mask - a recreation cast in plaster of Paris from ...

The last person to be hanged in Coventry has been put in the spotlight once again as a copy of her death mask goes on display, along with her tragic story. Mary Ball was executed in 1849 after ...