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Article: The making of a president: scientists and artists build Washington.(INFO ZONE)
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- WR News, Senior Edition (including Science Spin)
- Article date:
- February 9, 2007
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Photography did not exist in George Washington's lifetime. So how do we know what he looked like? Recently, a team of experts led by scientist Jeffrey Schwartz used historical evidence, or clues, to build a statue of Washington at age 45 (see cover). Here's how the team did it.
1. The team began by scanning this mold of Washington's face into a computer. A sculptor had made the mold of the 53-year-old Washington's face in 1785. Washington's dentures, or false teeth (above), showed the shape of his mouth.
2. Once the team had an idea of what Washington's face looked like at age 53, sculptors re-created the face to show what it would have looked like at ...