| Description Of Item | Description on envelope includes name Samuel Cooper, 39 and [Philisis] aged 5 years; a description of the hair on the head of Samuel Cooper including pale pink colour, the hair on the face, on genitals, on legs and anus. Also includes note about patient’s eldest child, a girl of 15, who ‘began to develop same peculiarity 2 years ago. Physician [J M Williamson]. Photograph is of Samuel Cooper, Hospital for Consumption, Ventnor, Isle of Wight. Photographer W Nicholson, 20 Mill St, Ventnor, Isle of Wight. Sepia. A folded piece of paper contains two locks of Samuel Cooper’s hair, cut from the head at time when photograph was taken (31 March 1875). One lock is dark brown the other pale coloured. Another folded piece of paper contains two locks of hair from Samuel Cooper’s daughter. One lock is brown the other pale coloured.
From the collection of Thomas Laycock.
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