A GROUP OF TWO ENGLISH PLASTER LIFE MASK REPLICAS OF WILLIAM BLAKE AND JOHN KEATS, CIRCA 1999, the William Blake life mask/bust replica on an integral circular socle with light fawn tinting throughout, verso incised inscription, "A 66 / PUBD AUG.1.1823 IDEVILLE / 67 Arnand London," height: 11"; together with a John Keats white plaster life mask replica, verso hollowed interior beneath an integral suspension wire, height: 9 1/4", width: 6 1/2". Note: Each of these plaster masks is cast from the original life mask located in the collections of the National Portrait Gallery in London. William Blake's (English 1757-1827) life mask replica was taken from the 1823 original made when he was 66 years old by James Deville. This comes with a 1999 letter from the National Portrait Gallery to the owner concerning the ordering of Blake's mask/bust.John Keats (English/Poet 1795-1821) this life mask replica was taken from the original made on December 14, 1816 by Benjamin Robert Haydon (English 1786-1846) so that he could add Keats as one of the observers in his immense historical painting, "Christ's Entry into Jerusalem." Provenance: Estate of David E. Brauer, Houston, Texas.