A lock of hair cut by Richard Woodhouse [realia]. 1820 Sept. [17]

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A lock of hair cut by Richard Woodhouse [realia]. 1820 Sept. [17]

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A lock of John Keats's hair, tied up with black string and sewn to a piece of paper with a signed attestation penned by Richard Woodhouse reading: "A lock of the hair of John Keats, which I cut off at Gravesend on Sunday the [17th] Sept[embe]r 1820 on board the Maria Crowther, just prior to leaving him. He was to sail for Naples for the benefit of his health on the following day."

1 hair clipping.

Pierpont Morgan Library.

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Keats, John, 1795-1821

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John Keats was an English poet and literary critic. John Keats, English poet, was born in London, England, on 29 or 31 Oct. 1795. He died of tuberculosis in Italy on 23 Feb. 1821. In 1810, Keats was articled to a surgeon, T. Hammond, in Edmonton for five years. The contract was broken in 1814 or 1815. He then continued his study of surgery in London, entering Guy's Hospital on 2 Oct. 1815. In 1816, Keats became a dresser at Guy's and on 25 July 1816 passed his licentiate at Apothecaries' H...