This hair once adorned the brow of Cowper [realia].

Record ID: 
302488
Accession number: 
MA 7658
Author: 
Cowper, William, 1731-1800.
Published: 
1731-1800.
Credit: 
Bequest of Charles Ryskamp, 2010.
Description: 
1 hair clipping.
Notes: 

With "9290 Lloyd" written on the back of the frame.

Summary: 

A lock of William Cowper's hair arranged in a circle (ca. 70 mm in diameter) and sewn to a piece of paper. A note in an unknown hand circles the lock of hair, reading: "This hair once adorned the brow of Cowper." Cowper's initials "WC" have been penned wi

Dimensions: 
ca. 70 mm
Provenance: 
Bequest of Charles Ryskamp, 2010.
Classification: