Horse hair.
Subject
Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
Scope Note: Hair from the manes and tails of horses, used chiefly as a brush fiber, for musical instrument bows, and for making haircloth.
Found in 1 Collection or Record:
Correspondence of various members of the Brown family., 1862-1880, undated.
File
Identifier: MS.3262
Scope and Contents
At the end of the volume are cuttings from the ‘West India Committee Circular’, 1927 and 1933, relating to Major-General John Brown, and portraits and photographs of members of the Brown family. Also included is a lock of horse hair from the tail of 'Alma', the horse ridden by George Brown in to the Battle of Alma, 21 September 1854.
Dates:
1862-1880, undated.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Letters and papers of the Brown family, Linkwood, with some of the family of William Leslie, Minister of Lhanbryde.
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Correspondence, chiefly of George Brown, Provost of Elgin, Major-General John Brown, Regional Support Command, General Sir George Brown, and Peter Brown, Linkwood.