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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Bronwen, post: 5381941, member: 5833&quot;]Yes, to me too, he wants an audience.&nbsp; I&#039;m just mulling the presentation of this letter as evidence that cameo we were investigating is the cameo of the letter.&nbsp; As a prominent English artist of his day, Gibson was probably already known to the royal family.&nbsp; I can imagine the requested meeting being Gibson&#039;s opportunity to &#039;sell&#039; the Roman Saulini to Albert.</p><p><br /></p><p>The RA adding the Grove entry to this is misleading, I think.&nbsp; Surely the biggest honor was not a commission for any single cameo but being asked to create the numerous cameos, hardstone &amp; shell, used for the badges of the Order of Victoria and Albert, which would have included the badge the Queen herself wore.&nbsp; Unlike all the others, hers had his profile in front hers.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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