Adam Mickiewicz's death mask in plaster Cast from the original made the day after the poet's death. Inscribed at the bottom: Adam Mickiewicz / [27] listopada 1855. Height: approx. 25 cm In a glass display case. Minor restoration to the first name and date. A copy of the plaster mask, donated by Maria Mickiewiczowna (the poet's daughter), is in the Bibliothèque Polonaise in Paris (ref. MAM47/BPP/THL), and another is in the National Museum in Krakow (ref. MNK IV-V-1101). The bronze model inspired Auguste Préault to create Mickiewicz's funeral monument in the Montmorency cemetery. [POLONICA, POLISH ART]