Title
Head of Despair. A small wooden head with bared teeth, red lips and covered with flaking paint, with long white hair.
Identifier
ABDNP:200112a
Description
Wooden painted head, the hair is woven into a cloth scalp that is connected by an internal rod to the base. The hair stands on end when the head is sat on a electrostatically charged table, King's visitors' centre caption "Another of Professor Copland's amusements. When the head is electrostatically charged, the hair stands on end in a "shocking" fashion."
Date
1780-1810
Format
wood, paint, tin foil, hair
diameter 60 mm, height 75 mm
diameter 60 mm, height 75 mm
Creator
Patrick Copland
Type
Physical Object
UUID
23e37efb-36e2-47b1-a6b0-b8a2299ed1b2