Record ID:
298641
Accession number:
MA 214.8
Published:
1821.
Credit:
Acquired by Pierpont Morgan before 1913.
Description:
1 hair clipping.
Notes:
This lock of hair was cut by Joseph Severn in January or February of 1821, as Keats lay on his deathbed in Rome.
This lock of hair was enclosed in a 21 January 1825 letter (MA 214.6) from Joseph Severn to Keats's publisher John Taylor.
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 in a black ribbon.
Dimensions:
ca. 120 mm
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