Death mask

Description

Death mask of Dolly the Sheep, Ovis aries, plaster, made by taxidermist Peter Summers, 14th February 2003

Museum reference

Z.2008.39

Collection

Mammals

Object name

Death mask

Scientific name(s)

species: Ovis aries Linnaeus, 1758 - Sheep

Specimen details

Specimen form: Cast

Production information

Summers, Peter (NMS), Taxidermist

Date

2003

Materials

Plaster

Associations

University of Edinburgh, The Roslin Institute and Royal (Dick) School of Veterinary Studies
Roslin, Midlothian, Scotland, Northern Europe

Exhibitions

• Scotland Creates: National Museum of Scotland
  National Museum of Scotland

• Darwin (01 Oct 2009 - 30 Apr 2010)
  The Museum of Natural History, Vienna

• Pioneers of Science (30 Nov 2011 - 31 Dec 2012)
  National Galleries of Scotland, Scottish National Portrait Gallery