IDENTIFIERS
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id:	14072
accession number:	M.21A-1938

DATE AUDIT
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created:	Saturday 6 August 2011
updated:	Monday 18 December 2023

DESCRIPTIVE DATA
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object type: Plaster cast with a seam running down the centre of the mask and inscribed on the forehead in black 'CHAS XII. Attached to the top at the back is  a non ferrous metal twisted wire loop for suspension.
title:	death mask

LICENSING
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text license status:	CC0
image license status:	CC-BY-NC-SA

OWNERSHIP
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instutition: The Fitzwilliam Museum
department: Applied Arts
creditline: Given by Raymond Abbott in memory of his father, General Sir James Abbott

STABLE URL
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url:	https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/14072

PEOPLE
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Charles XII of Sweden




TECHNIQUES
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plaster cast with twisted wire suspension loop
casting (process)

CATEGORIES
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category: sculpture

DATING
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creation date:	1700 - 1825
creation date earliest:	1700
creation date latest:	1825
culture:	18th Century-19th Century, Early#

CREATORS
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maker: Unknown

DIMENSIONS
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dimension: Depth
units: cm
value: 5.5

dimension: Height
units: cm
value: 18.5

dimension: Width
units: cm
value: 13.2



CITATIONS
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Narrative of a Journey from Heraut to Khiva, Moscow and St Petersburgh during the last Russian invasion of Khiva; with some account of the Court of Khiva and the Kingdom of Khaurism
Catalogue of the Anatomical Museum
The New Cambridge Guide
Annals of Cambridge University Library 1278-1900
Histoire de Charles XII
Undying Faces
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