Head of Despair. A small wooden head with bared teeth, red lips and covered with flaking paint, with long white hair.

ABDNP:200112a

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."

Patrick Copland

1780-1810

wood, paint, tin foil, hair
diameter 60 mm, height 75 mm

Physical Object