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Lock of hair of Allegra Byron
- Title
- Lock of hair of Allegra Byron [realia].
- Publication
- [Bagnacavallo, Italy?, ca. 1821-1822?]
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schwarzman Building to submit a request in person. | Mixed material | Permit needed | *Pforz | Schwarzman Building - Pforzheimer Collection Room 319 |
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- Description
- ca. 40 strands
- Subjects
- Genre/Form
- Human hair.
- Note
- A lock of golden blond hair. Mounted in clear plastic envelope within two-leaved paperboard windowed frame. Along with a nineteenth-century attestation in an unidentified hand; text reads in full, "Hair of 'Alega [sic] Byron' / child of Shelley's the Poets / wife's Sister / She signed herself 'Claire' / see Letter in British Museum / F. A. K." Library records indicate the hair clipping was taken from Thomas Moore's copy of William Martin Leake's Historical Outline of the Greek Revolution (1826).
- Access (note)
- Restricted access;
- Biography (note)
- In a letter dated 3 August 1818, Lord Byron described his eighteen-month-old daughter Allegra to his half-sister, Augusta Leigh: "...she is very pretty -- remarkably intelligent -- and a great favorite with everybody ... she has very blue eyes -- and that singular forehead -- fair curly hair -- and a devil of a Spirit -- but that is Papa's ..." (cf. Marchand's Byron's letters and journals, v. 6, p. 62).
- Call Number
- *Pforz
- OCLC
- 731047211
- Title
- Lock of hair of Allegra Byron [realia].
- Imprint
- [Bagnacavallo, Italy?, ca. 1821-1822?]
- Physical Medium
- human hair; 3.25 x 8.5 cm (frame)
- Access
- Restricted access; Pforzheimer Collection; Permit must be requested at the division indicated.
- Biography
- In a letter dated 3 August 1818, Lord Byron described his eighteen-month-old daughter Allegra to his half-sister, Augusta Leigh: "...she is very pretty -- remarkably intelligent -- and a great favorite with everybody ... she has very blue eyes -- and that singular forehead -- fair curly hair -- and a devil of a Spirit -- but that is Papa's ..." (cf. Marchand's Byron's letters and journals, v. 6, p. 62).
- Local Note
- Filed in SC manuscript file under "Byron, Allegra."
- Connect to:
- Added Author
- Byron, Clara Allegra, 1817-1822.Moore, Thomas, 1779-1852. Former owner
- Research Call Number
- *Pforz