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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Bronwen, post: 3095969, member: 5833&quot;]Few of my most beautiful cameos are signed, &amp; many of my signed ones are not the highest examples of the art, but have special interest on other grounds.&nbsp; This one, signed (in tiny letters) MOSSOP F, is of interest to the National Gallery of Ireland.&nbsp; William Mossop is credited with bringing the art of medal engraving to Ireland in the 18th century.&nbsp; He was taken under the wing of the same Dr. Quin who mentored James Tassie.&nbsp; He is mainly remembered now for his medals, but there are mentions of his having done cameos, although I have never found another on line.&nbsp; I think it highly likely the subject is his son, William Stephen, who also became a medal engraver starting around age 16, when his father died.&nbsp; The NGI provided me the self-portrait of Mossop, Jr.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]293279[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]293280[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]293281[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>It may not be the best cameo I have, but it is one of the most interesting.&nbsp; Another is the small, drab cameo of Alexey Olenin that starts here in <a href="https://www.antiquers.com/threads/cameos-show-tell-or-ask-answer.23493/page-44#post-447986" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.antiquers.com/threads/cameos-show-tell-or-ask-answer.23493/page-44#post-447986">CAMEOS: Show &amp; Tell or Ask &amp; Answer</a>&nbsp; It was brought to the attention of Julia Kagan at the Hermitage, &amp; she believes it to be the one known to have been done by Peter Egorovich Dobrokhotov.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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