The Real Face of Thomas Jefferson Limited Edition Canvas 10 of 100 signed COA

Description: Limited Edition Canvas The Real Face of Thomas Jefferson – Signed Numbered with Certificate of Authenticity 11 of 100 See the REAL face of Thomas Jefferson based upon his 1825 life mask cast by John Henri Isaac Browere. This limited edition canvas is signed and numbered by the creator, Cheryl Daniel (Digital Yarbs). Number 10 of 100. Giclee wrapped canvas 16x20 .75 inch edge, open back with mirror border.Starting with a high-resolution photograph of the Thomas Jefferson life mask created by John Henri Isaac Browere (1790—1834) in 1825; combined with meticulous research into eye color, hair style and color, eyebrows, complexion, etc.; and the magic of Adobe Photoshop this resultant image takes the viewer back to that day in 1825! From his strong brow to his piercing eyes to his tight-lipped expression it is clear that Jefferson is a serious thinker and definitely has his poker face on. What do you suppose he is contemplating? Before photography, life masks were the best way to give us an exact likeness of their subject. Plaster would be applied to the head and sometimes upper torso to create a mold from which a life mask (cast bust) of the person would be created. In addition to being three-dimensional, the faithful transfer process of the life mask creation eliminated the “artistic license” and “sympathetic treatment” employed by many contemporary portrait artists. Thus, using life masks, I am able to complete a forensic/academic study of how the subjects most likely appeared using Adobe Photoshop to add flesh, hair, and other details. The casting of Jefferson’s life mask did not go well. ″Jefferson wrote to James Madison of the ordeal on October 18, 1825: I was taken in by Browere. He said his operation would be of about 20 minutes and less unpleasant than Houdon’s method. I submitted therefore without enquiry but it was a bold experiment on his part on the health of an Octogenary [sic], worn down by sickness as well as age. Successive coats of thin grout plaistered [sic] on the naked head, and kept there an hour, would have been a severe trial of a young and hale person. He suffered the plaister [sic] also to get so dry that separation became difficult & even dangerous. He was obliged to use freely the mallet & chisel to break it into pieces and get off a piece at a time. These thumps of the mallet would have been sensible almost to a loggerhead. The family became alarmed, and he confused, till I was quite exhausted, and there became real danger that the ears would separate from the head sooner than from the plaister [sic]. I now bid adieu for ever to busts & even portraits.” About Digital Yarbs: I'm Cheryl A. Daniel (Digital Yarbs) a Photoshop composition artist who enjoys history. I reconstruct life masks, statues and busts of famous early Americans and historic figures. Using life masks, I completed a forensic/academic study of how the subjects most likely appeared using Adobe Photoshop to add flesh, hair, and other details. My site, yarbs.net features reconstructions and animations of these life masks along with a little history and how the subjects might have looked in daguerreotypes and photographs. About Life Masks: To understand what these historic figures really looked like we cannot rely on paintings as they suffer from “artistic license” and “sympathetic treatment” commonly employed by many contemporary portrait artists. Before photography, the art form of the life mask was the best way to create an exact likeness of an individual. Basically, plaster would be applied to the head and sometimes upper torso to create a mold from which a life mask or bust of the person could be cast. This would result in a three-dimensional, faithful transfer capturing in minute detail the true likeness of the subject. Sculptors John Henri Isaac Browere and Jean-Antioine Houdon cast life masks of George, Washington, John Adams, Thomas Jefferson, James Madison and many other historical figures. Thomas Jefferson endorsed his life mask bust, as did James and Dolley Madison when they saw it several days later. James Madison said of his own life mask, "Per request of Mr. Browere, busts of myself and of my wife, regarded as exact likenesses, have been executed by him in plaister, being casts made from the moulds formed on our persons, of which this certificate is given under my hand at Montpelier, 19, October, 1825." Browere’s casting process utilized a proprietary plaster mixture that due to its lightweight nature did not distort the facial features of his subject’s face as the common plaster utilized by his contemporaries did. This by all accounts resulted in what was considered an extremely accurate likenesses. J. I. Browere’s “work achieved a stark realism uncommon in that day. His plaster busts showed the age-lined brow, the pock-marked face; his subjects appeared as they were, not as artists generally portrayed them. His life masks were, and remain, the most authentic likenesses of some historic figures who lived in a day before photography provided more easily obtained but similarly uncompromising portraits." Digital Yarbs Items: My works are available as postcards, high quality archival giclée prints and limited edition canvas prints numbered and signed with certificate of authenticity. Canvas Prints: Are Limited Edition, Signed and numbered with Certificate of Authenticity. Giclee wrapped canvas 16x20 .75 inch edge, open back with mirror border. Paper Prints: Are Signed, numbered with Certificate of Authenticity and made of Kodak Professional Endura Premier Lustre paper. My signature on the back is signed with an archival acid free ink pen and the blue logo stamp uses archival acid free ink. Postcards: Are 4×6 premium matte. Postcards come as a single card, pack of 10, pack of 25, or pack of 50. Canvases, prints and post cards contain NO watermarks. Free Shipping within 3-5 business day via USPS. If for any reason you are not completely satisfied with your item, we will completely refund your order. Visit yarbs.net for more information on this image and to see more of my works with life masks. What did the Founding Fathers look like? Can we know for certain? Video will open in a new window Using the mobile app? Copy this link into your browser:

Price: 200 USD

Location: Providence, North Carolina

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