Victor Herbert’s Death Mask
Victor Herbert had already been placed in a crypt at New York’s Woodlawn Cemetery when ASCAP members decided they wanted a death mask of their founder; his body was brought back to a funeral home to have it made. The resulting mask provides a three-dimensional portrait of Herbert and resembles the photograph taken a few years before his death.
Victor Herbert had already been placed in a crypt at New York’s Woodlawn Cemetery when ASCAP members decided they wanted a death mask of their founder; his body was brought back to a funeral home to have it made. The resulting mask provides a three-dimensional portrait Herbert and resembles the photograph taken a few years before his death.