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Originally Posted by GtrsRGr8
Death mask. Interesting. And I think that Cromwell was beheaded, if memory serves me correctly. That would make it easier for the artist, or whatever he was called, to do a death mask, because there wouldn't be any body attached to the head to get in the way of his work.
Thanks for posting the new HH freebie.
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Oliver Cromwell died in his bed, still Lord Protector, 3 September 1658
The death mask was then taken.
After some fascinating manoeuvring the Restoration of King Charles II took place
On 30 January 1661 (the 12th anniversary of the execution of Charles I), Cromwell's body was exhumed from Westminster Abbey, and was subjected to the ritual of a posthumous execution, as were the remains of Robert Blake, John Bradshaw and Henry Ireton. (The body of Cromwell's daughter was allowed to remain buried in the Abbey.) His disinterred body was hanged in chains at Tyburn, and then thrown into a pit.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oliver...mous_execution