A lock of hair cut by William Haslam [realia].

Record ID: 
104932
Accession number: 
MA 214.10
Author: 
Keats, John, 1795-1821.
Published: 
1820 Sept.
Credit: 
Acquired by Pierpont Morgan before 1913.
Description: 
1 hair clipping.
Notes: 

Part of a collection of three locks of John Keats's hair (MA 214.8-10). Locks of hair have been cataloged individually; see collection-level record for more information.

Summary: 

A lock of John Keats's hair tied up with black string and accompanied by a sheet of paper (11.2 cm) with the following notes: "John Keats's hair cut off by Wm Haslam in Sept. 1820 just before Keats left England" and "This is my father's writing -- I found

Dimensions: 
ca. 110 mm
Provenance: 
Joseph Severn; by descent to Walter Severn.
Classification: