Gestural Pair of Victorian Mounted Hair Samples, Annotated, 1860s word making came or instead

or instead

with general wear and one break in the sinew

No rusting and appears it was never painted

I am not certain if this is a portrait of Alt himself

I have removed some of it with light rubbing

Gestural Pair of Victorian Mounted Hair Samples, Annotated, 1860s word making came or insteadThis came from a small collection of hair locks and wreaths dating to the 1860s all stitched to, or tucked into, bits of paper annotated with names and notes. I considered listing them as a collection, but realized much of what I find beautiful about these is their specificity and singularity (color, composition, etc.) and so have treated them as individual drawings of sorts and so, truly, what a beautiful drawing! Two hair samples here, the lower one