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<p>[QUOTE="Bronwen, post: 10021206, member: 5833"]Possible, but not probable. Such cameo portraits were a popular souvenir of a visit to Rome. They were made predominantly of men, famous, and others presumably husbands, & presumably meant to be set as jewellery for the wife. Portraits of women are much less common.</p><p><br /></p><p>Have put these links up a number of times, but maybe it doesn't hurt to post them again:</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.pinterest.com/cameotimescom/cameo-portraits-of-victorian-gentlemen/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.pinterest.com/cameotimescom/cameo-portraits-of-victorian-gentlemen/" rel="nofollow">Victorian Men</a> <a href="https://www.pinterest.com/cameotimescom/cameo-portraits-of-victorian-ladies/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.pinterest.com/cameotimescom/cameo-portraits-of-victorian-ladies/" rel="nofollow">Victorian Women</a>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Bronwen, post: 10021206, member: 5833"]Possible, but not probable. Such cameo portraits were a popular souvenir of a visit to Rome. They were made predominantly of men, famous, and others presumably husbands, & presumably meant to be set as jewellery for the wife. Portraits of women are much less common. Have put these links up a number of times, but maybe it doesn't hurt to post them again: [URL='https://www.pinterest.com/cameotimescom/cameo-portraits-of-victorian-gentlemen/']Victorian Men[/URL] [URL='https://www.pinterest.com/cameotimescom/cameo-portraits-of-victorian-ladies/']Victorian Women[/URL][/QUOTE]
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