ECL.14:3-2025
Parts
Object number
ECL.14:3-2025
Object type
Identification
Title
Lock of Florence Nightingale's hair
Title Type
assigned by cataloguer
Description
Description
Content (description)
Framed lock of hair tied with a grey thread and laid on paper with name of the owner and date 10th April 1866. On the back a 'Sonnet on a lock of Florence Nightingale's hair by Mary Clarke, signed Genoa 13th April 1866.
Content (person)
Clarke, Mary Victoria Cowden, 1809 - 1898 (Collector)
Nightingale, Florence, 1820 - 1910 (Former owner)
Nightingale, Florence, 1820 - 1910 (Former owner)
Dimensions
height (actual size): 141mm
width (actual size): 133mm
width (actual size): 133mm
Material
organic
paper
glass
paper
glass
Materials & techniques note
Locks of hair laid on paper and framed
Production
Date
1866
History and association
Previous ownership
