Gestural Pair of Victorian Mounted Hair Samples, Annotated, 1860s word making came All the while the full

All the while the full blooms are really lovely

but much rarer to find a cat--this one German

I am not certain if this is a portrait of Alt himself

but this I think is an especially good one

or instead

Gestural Pair of Victorian Mounted Hair Samples, Annotated, 1860s word making came All the while the fullThis came from a small collection of hair locks and wreaths dating to the 1860s all stitched to, or tucked into, bits of paper annotated with names and notes. I considered listing them as a collection, but realized much of what I find beautiful about these is their specificity and singularity (color, composition, etc.) and so have treated them as individual drawings of sorts and so, truly, what a beautiful drawing! Two hair samples here, the lower one