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Locks of hair and quill pens

Framed object including thirteen locks of hair attributed to Beethoven, Goethe, the Grand Duchess Maria Pavlovna of Russia, Princess Adelaide of Saxe-Meiningen, Duchess Amalia of Saxony-Weimar, and eight members of the Hummel family, along with two quill pens attributed to Beethoven and Johann Gottfried Herder, and two laurel leaves from a wreath placed in Beethoven's grave by J. N. Hummel during his burial on March 29, 1827. With a key to the objects inside the frame written by Betty Hummel on the back.
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  • 2023-01-31
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["Purchased from Yvonne Hummel 20120514"]
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  • References: William Meredith, "New Acquisitions (Summer 2012): The Yvonne Hummel Collection," The Beethoven Journal vol. 27, no. 2 (Winter 2012), pp. 74-79.
  • Purchased from Yvonne Hummel 20120514
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