Here is a link to a photograph of a copy of a life mask of boxer and Heavyweight Champion
John L. Sullivan.
It was taken by sculptor R. Tait McKenzie .
This copy is at the Firestone Library at Princeton University,New Jersey.
The life mask was taken in 1902 when John L. Sullivan was 44 years old.
Re: The Life Mask of John L. Sullivan
Posted: 17 Dec 2015, 19:09
by Caractacus
Brutu wrote:Here is a link to a photograph of a copy of a life mask of boxer and Heavyweight Champion
John L. Sullivan.
It was taken by sculptor R. Tait McKenzie .
This copy is at the Firestone Library at Princeton University,New Jersey.
Anyone here ever seen any copies of John L. Sullivan's life mask for sale anywhere?
I think one would look really cool in my den next to my Ming vase.
Re: The Life Mask of John L. Sullivan
Posted: 17 Mar 2018, 17:15
by Caractacus
This is the closest that you will you get to seeing John L. in the flesh !
Here is a link to a photograph of a copy of a life mask of boxer and Heavyweight Champion
John L. Sullivan.
It was taken by sculptor R. Tait McKenzie .
This copy is at the Firestone Library at Princeton University,New Jersey.
I quite like that. How old was he when the mask was made?
Re: The Life Mask of John L. Sullivan
Posted: 19 Mar 2018, 11:15
by Caractacus
Brutu wrote: ↑04 Jul 2013, 16:06
The life mask was taken in 1902 when John L. Sullivan was 44 years old.
Re: The Life Mask of John L. Sullivan
Posted: 19 Mar 2018, 11:18
by Caractacus
I can't help but think every time I see the mask that he reminds me of some actor but I can't think who.
Good to know that with that plaster cast that John L. still had hair on top of his head at age 42 years anyway.
Re: The Life Mask of John L. Sullivan
Posted: 19 Mar 2018, 11:25
by HomicideHenry
Caractacus wrote: ↑19 Mar 2018, 11:18
I can't help but think every time I see the mask that he reminds me of some actor but I can't think who.
Good to know that with that plaster cast that John L. still had hair on top of his head at age 42 years anyway.
Wilford Brimley.
It's a shame how in such a short amount of time he went from "the pillar of fitness" to essentially Santa Claus. He looked far older than he was in his 30s.
Re: The Life Mask of John L. Sullivan
Posted: 19 Mar 2018, 12:51
by Caractacus
That's not who I was thinking of,maybe the dude who played Uncle Fester on the original 1960's ADDAM'S FAMILY ?
,but I think it was another actor from the 1930's or 40's it reminds me of.
BTW Did you notice the curled tips of the mustache have broken off ?
I wonder if they were placed in plastic and can be re-glued ?
Re: The Life Mask of John L. Sullivan
Posted: 19 Mar 2018, 14:30
by HomicideHenry
Caractacus wrote: ↑19 Mar 2018, 12:51
That's not who I was thinking of,maybe the dude who played Uncle Fester on the original 1960's ADDAM'S FAMILY ?
,but I think it was another actor from the 1930's or 40's it reminds me of.
BTW Did you notice the curled tips of the mustache have broken off ?
I wonder if they were placed in plastic and can be re-glued ?
Jackie Coogan, started out in Chaplin films originally.
Re: The Life Mask of John L. Sullivan
Posted: 19 Mar 2018, 16:49
by Caractacus
Re: The Life Mask of John L. Sullivan
Posted: 18 Oct 2018, 13:36
by Caractacus
Happy 160th Birthday to John L. Sullivan !
(born October-15-1858 in Roxbury,Massachusetts.
