This poignant silhouette depicts Cyrus Slater Lomas at the age of 1 year and 8 months. He is shown outdoors holding a toy whip and wearing an ankle-length coat with a caped collar and tasseled cap. It is unclear whether this profile was cut from life or from recollection as sadly Cyrus died around this time.*Born in May 1841 at Ardwick Green in Lancashire, Cyrus sadly died less than two years later in January 1843. His death was announced in the Manchester Courier ‘… after a short affliction, Cyrus Slater Lomas aged 1 year 8 months & 3 days, only child of Mr Thomas Lomas, corn factor of Ardwick Green’.*His parents, Thomas and Mary, went on to have four daughters. The name Cyrus came from his mother’s side of the family: she had a little brother Cyrus, born in 1820 who died in 1823 as did her mother. Following her father’s re-marriage, she then had a step-brother named Cyrus born in 1824 who died in 1825. Despite having been an old family name for generations, Cyrus had ...