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Description: | Red leather purse containing hair of Grace Darling. Wallet contains two Nelson commemorative watch papers. One shows head and shoulder of Nelson (right) ships behind. The second shows a female figure mourning at his tomb. Pockets at the end of the wallet contain Nelson related newspaper cuttings and a piece of paper containing a lock of hair said to be that of Grace Darling. Inscription: 'Miss Grace Horsley Darling's Hair Presented by her father and sister at the Farne Islands to ISTS (?) 25 July 1845'. A small pocket book in the centre is inscribed: 'Margaret Jones the gift of Mr Harrison August 8th 1806.'
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caption: hair | Publisher: | "http://collections.rmg.co.uk/" | Rights holder: | "Royal Museums Greenwich" | Subjects: | Darling Grace Horsley hair | Source: | Royal Museums Greenwich | Identifier: | http://collections.rmg.co.uk/collections... | Go to resource |
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