7. LOCK OF T. E.
LAWRENCE'S HAIR
1890
This lock of Lawrence's hair was given in 1939 by his mother to Miss Eva Dugdale,
sister of Thomas Hardy's second wife, who had met Lawrence at Max Gate, Hardy's
Dorset home. Mrs Lawrence write: 'I am sending you a lock of dear Ned's hair cut off
when he was almost two years old You remember he had a very thick head of hair.'1
Dorset Natural History and Archaeological Society
1. S. Lawrence to Miss Dugdale, 6.3.1939, Dorset County Museum.
11.5 x 4.8
Provenance: Given by Sarah Lawrence to Miss E. Dugdale, 6 March 1939; bequeathed, 1972.
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