New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-07-28

oil uor,raits by HauSsmann. one o' when y
preserved in the School 81 81. Thomas ana the
other owned by Or VI Abraham ana also VII"
a collection OF copperplaies The result o. IN" com"
harrison vas to disclose marked phy3i"snoih" r.
semblanccs between the skull and tn" pictures
,,o,..so- ttts nax, called I'm the assistance % n
sculn,or G. sonnor who following the instructions
~, tho ana,omls, modelled portrait Dust "h''h
was striklngly characteristic. over cast OF '"'
skull Professor Ills now made report 10 'h'
Mayor OF Lepsic and the pastor % - '""'
Church at whose instance the Town 'ouh'" "p-
ronied a commission to carry on tn" INVESTIGATION
ogciallv Professor schmidt was inirusied WIN INC
rreasuremen, OF the skull and skeleton. ana 1T"
fessor Uesse was commissioned 10 make dr'n''''
reuort OF the lower jaw ana Teeth IN" c'"''"'''"
., ,hese scientific men was that The skeleton was
TINT OF a man Who had died at an advanced age
and whose lower Jaw was peculiarly prominent
,ha, in fact II protrudcd 10 such an extent tnht
,h ,.o,b we're worn on squarely instead Of OBJ
iouoIv The SCULPTOR Serner no" collected ali IN"
pIctures and united their Characteristic FEATURES
in a second portrait bust. AM PROFESSOR h'S vi"
dertook series Of Investigations I" "'''"''' :"
ouestlon which hitherto had not presenter "S'''
80 scence lie wished to learn whether or not
there WAS a normal thickness FOR various portions
q, the lntcgument OF the human face To tins end
ho mad. painstaklng measurements % thrty-seV"n
bnman corpsos and came 10 the conclusion tha'
normal standards Of thickness might be aSsnih''
hv the various portions OF the face. the STANDARDS
varying with age and sex. lie no" are" up
series Of figures showing the averages OF All MS
measurements and. guided by these ana MS sec
and bust Scnner modelled a third portrait asah
over a cast Of the skull Uhe one printed here"i'h
in two views full face and proilie)' "hi'h Ger
,atnlv renroduccs the characteristics OF one OF Ni'
JJsussmann paintings talsO rcpfodu''u nv, -
rorfhv Of us subject. and can b" cpnsiH'r'' IN
evidence OF the gcnuinencss OF the Skull. ,,.,
In ForkeVs biography or Ehch III" 'il"'st
extended biography. though extremely h"orst ~
,,s - ,nansions here is no description 81 i'nchs
annesrance Forkel born only year pel"I'
aIP,n,ts d..th and though ne was wei ACQUAINTED
material for his book largely from th.nl' y" ~, n'
,n stf"mnt 10 tell what Bach looked IKE sp!tta
author o, the standard work on hach couIn o"ly
fudge Of his appearance from the portiai's. OF
which the best known are the TWO heretofore non
toned which were painted by Haussindhn ,oul'
-. fnter no The Duke OF Saxony besIues these,
there are two other cOntemporaneous poirdeilh, ~
oil TO Judge ny them" che pictures says 1in..aa'
"he n,uei have been OF q powerful, btohi an" s,hi
ward huiId with a full bui vigorous ana mhrk'p
lace a wide brow. strongly arched "yepio"s anu
afern or even sinister, line between 'h,Nh, III ul'
nose md mouth. on the contrary We hnh an ~,
,,cssion OF easy humor; the eyes are Keen ana
eager but in his youth he was sohle"nll S ,
seh:ed The proiuberant chin. decp-s,' eyes laiES
nose and broad but retreating forchcaa, WHICH
have been mentioned as pecularitlcs OF me Shuli
s"nrd IN tho OAK coffin, all noticeable IN the
Recommending reproduction o. the h'"''''"'''
naming taken from Forkers biography.