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Madame Talbot: L'Inconnue de la Seine Death Mask

madametalbot:

French for “the unknown woman of the Seine”.

I have always longed for a Lady of the Seine death mask. Older ones are extremely hard to find, especially those that were produced in France and the newer ones just aren’t that well made.

I finally found one which arrived today:

This…

She looks like my mother.

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