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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;mirana, post: 7249888, member: 79705&quot;]I had wanted to have a gentleman portrait cameo. I really enjoy seeing them (and love Bronwen&#039;s board full). I came across this one, poorly photographed and noticed the barest hint of a &quot;850&quot; on the back, not mentioned by the seller. I would have bought him anyway by I was excited to have a little mystery.</p><p><br /></p><p>When he showed up, he had a whole paragraph written on the back! A John Crookshanks King. This one No 194 carved in Boston in 1850.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]422164[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>Now I have a slight obsession with seeing his pieces since I love that he cataloged them by number and you can track his progression as an artist. I&#039;m probably going to make a little collection for myself of the numbered images. I wish Boston MFA would photograph theirs! I loved seeing [USER=17332]@PepperAnna[/USER] post her King (and the one in the auction.</p><p><br /></p><p>Now I just have the mystery of who this gent was. King did a lot of famous Men of the Day so it&#039;s entirely possible it&#039;s a known figure. The fact that he has no facial hair or high collar is odd. The closest I&#039;ve gotten <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walter_Scott#/media/File:Sir_Walter_Scott,_Bart._of_Abbotsford_from_%22The_Scottish_Bar_Fifty_Years_Ago%22.PNG" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walter_Scott#/media/File:Sir_Walter_Scott,_Bart._of_Abbotsford_from_%22The_Scottish_Bar_Fifty_Years_Ago%22.PNG" rel="nofollow">is an etching of Sir Walter Scott</a> (King being Scottish born and doing portraits of Burns and Scott), but it still doesn&#039;t seem right so I keep looking. Anyone have any ideas?<img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie73" alt=":pics:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /><img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie81" alt=":shy:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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