Lock of hair of Allegra Byron [realia].

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Location

Pforzheimer Collection of Shelley and His Circle

Extent

• ca. 40 strands

Access Restrictions

Restricted access; Pforzheimer Collection; Permit must be requested at the division indicated.

Biographical/Historical Note

In a letter dated 3 August 1818, Lord Byron described his eighteen-month-old daughter Allegra to his half-sister, Augusta Leigh: "...she is very pretty -- remarkably intelligent -- and a great favorite with everybody ... shehas very blue eyes -- and that singular forehead -- fair curly hair -- and a devil of a Spirit -- but that is Papa's ..." (cf. Marchand's Byron's letters and journals, v. 6, p. 62).

Controlled Access Terms

• Byron, Clara Allegra, 1817-1822 -- Relics -- Specimens.
• Byron, George Gordon Byron, Baron, 1788-1824 -- Family.
• Clairmont, Clara Mary Jane, 1798-1879 -- Family.
• Hair.

Additional Creator Names

• Byron, Clara Allegra, 1817-1822.
• Moore, Thomas, 1779-1852. fmo