ECL.14:5-2025
Parts
Object number
ECL.14:5-2025
Object type
Identification
Title
Lock of Edward IV's hair
Title Type
assigned by cataloguer
Description
Content (description)
Lock of Edward IV's hair in a plastic label holder with note 'Edward the 4th's hair taken out of the tomb of Windsor?'. On the back, note 'My mother's handwriting Mary Cowden Clarke'. Mary's mother was Mary Sabilla Novello.
Content (person)
Clarke, Mary Victoria Cowden, 1809 - 1898 (Collector)
Novello, Mary Sabilla, 1789 - 1854 (Former owner)
Edward IV (King of England), 1442 - 1483 (Former owner)
Novello, Mary Sabilla, 1789 - 1854 (Former owner)
Edward IV (King of England), 1442 - 1483 (Former owner)
Dimensions
height (approx): 66mm
width (approx): 115mm
width (approx): 115mm
Material
organic
paper
paper
Materials & techniques note
Locks of hair laid on paper in a plastic holder
Production
Date
1789
History and association
Previous ownership
