Protein filament that grows from follicles found in the dermis, or skin

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A man behind a woman who is combing her hair; representing the sense of sight. Engraving.

Delilah caresses the sleeping Samson as she sets her barber to work. Engraving by J.B. de Poilly after F. Verdier, 1698.

Beetle leg tip, microphotograph

A seated barber shaving the back of a man's neck; another customer examines himself in a mirror and an attendant looks on. Coloured aquatint, 1800, after C. Gold.

A face with hair on end expressing despair. Crayon Manner print by W. Hebert, c. 1770, after C. Le Brun.

A young woman posing naked in a photographic studio, lying on her front on a piece of fabric, a goblet and jug beside her. Stereo photograph, ca.1900.

A barber shaving a seated man's head. Watercolour painting.

The Nic-nac; or, Literary cabinet. No.158, Saturday, January 7, 1826. Vol. IV. Beards.

Christ carries his cross to Golgotha. Etching by H. Kipp after J.F. Overbeck, 1846.

Bob Foster, the Cambridge flying barber, shaving a student. Coloured stipple engraving after I. Bearblock, of King's College.

Arabidopsis leaf hairs (trichomes)

Housefly, photomacrography

A woman wearing bodystocking posing in a photographic studio.

Skin, hair & nails : keep your skin, hair, and nails looking their best / Wild Oats Markets.

Hair : its power and meaning in Asian cultures / edited by Alf Hiltebeitel and Barbara D. Miller ; foreword by Gananath Obeyesekere.

The breast dissected and the nipple and areola and a hair as viewed under a microscope. Engraving, 1686.

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Hair

Images from the collections

Images about Hair

Works from the collections

A woman wearing bodystocking posing in a photographic studio.

A face with hair on end expressing despair. Crayon Manner print by W. Hebert, c. 1770, after C. Le Brun.

Skin, hair & nails : keep your skin, hair, and nails looking their best / Wild Oats Markets.

Hair : its power and meaning in Asian cultures / edited by Alf Hiltebeitel and Barbara D. Miller ; foreword by Gananath Obeyesekere.

The breast dissected and the nipple and areola and a hair as viewed under a microscope. Engraving, 1686.

Hair

Images from the collections

Images about Hair

Works from the collections

A woman wearing bodystocking posing in a photographic studio.

A face with hair on end expressing despair. Crayon Manner print by W. Hebert, c. 1770, after C. Le Brun.

Skin, hair & nails : keep your skin, hair, and nails looking their best / Wild Oats Markets.

Hair : its power and meaning in Asian cultures / edited by Alf Hiltebeitel and Barbara D. Miller ; foreword by Gananath Obeyesekere.

The breast dissected and the nipple and areola and a hair as viewed under a microscope. Engraving, 1686.

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