Death Mask of Dame Ellen Terry (1847-1928)
Margaret Winser (1868-1944)
Category
Art / Sculpture
Date
1928
Materials
Lace, Plaster
Measurements
220 x 150 x 90 mm
Order this imageCollection
Smallhythe Place, Kent
NT 1118505
Caption
Dame Ellen Terry died 21 July, 1928 at the age of 81 at Smallhythe Place in Kent. Her death mask was made the following day by sculptress Margaret Winser and Kim Allen. In total three copies were created using plaster of Paris, muslin fabric and wax. In 1933 a mask was given to the Memorial Theatre in Stratford upon Avon by Edith Craig and in 1949 the third mask was donated to the National Portrait Gallery in London by artist and friend of the family Clare Atwood.
Summary
Plaster, death mask of Dame Ellen Terry (1847-1928) taken by Margaret Winser (1868-1944), assisted by Harvey Ronald Allen (known as Kim Allen), 1928.
Makers and roles
Margaret Winser (1868-1944), sculptor Mr Burchett (fl.1928), sculptor