ECL.15-2025
Parts
Object number
ECL.15-2025
Object type
Identification
Title
Locks of George III and Queen Charlotte's hair
Title Type
assigned by cataloguer
Description
Content (description)
Locks of George III and Queen Charlotte's hair laid on blue silk in golden wooden frame. Two labels pasted on back with notes '1819 shaved off his Majesty's head by Mr Cooper? at the Palace Windsor given me by Mr Fawcell May 30, 1819' and 'The Queen's hair given by Miss M. Caldivell May 27, 1819'.
Content (person)
Wilder, John (Vice-Provost), 1801 - 1892 (Former owner)
Dimensions
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Material
organic
silk
glass
wood
silk
glass
wood
Materials & techniques note
Framed locks of hair on silk
Production
Date
1819
History and association
Object history note
Provenance: Ms. note on the back of frame recording that the item was given to Eton College Library by the Rev. John Wilder in 1841.
Previous ownership
