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<p>[QUOTE="mirana, post: 9549720, member: 79705"]I only have the King cameo signed, and his sitter eludes me. I've found bits of writing about and by King, but no catalog of sitters. I imagine if he had one, the Tremont Temple fire that gutted his and other's studios probably burned any records.</p><p><br /></p><p>So I started my own very short catalog spreadsheet from what has been available. I only have about 13, and only know some of those sitters. It'll be an ongoing project forever probably! Reminds me I need to politely harass Boston MFA for photos of their holdings... <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie25" alt=":bookworm:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>I've only seen one Stephenson cameo, in a poorly photographed eBay lot, and I was out bid and it haunts me. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie80" alt=":shifty:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> I noted it because I could see it was numbered, but it wasn't King's style of carving/signature, so I dug out my notes of the Boston carvers to figure out the signature.</p><p><br /></p><p>I'm glad to hear Kinney's book has more records and scholarship! Very satisfying.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="mirana, post: 9549720, member: 79705"]I only have the King cameo signed, and his sitter eludes me. I've found bits of writing about and by King, but no catalog of sitters. I imagine if he had one, the Tremont Temple fire that gutted his and other's studios probably burned any records. So I started my own very short catalog spreadsheet from what has been available. I only have about 13, and only know some of those sitters. It'll be an ongoing project forever probably! Reminds me I need to politely harass Boston MFA for photos of their holdings... :bookworm: I've only seen one Stephenson cameo, in a poorly photographed eBay lot, and I was out bid and it haunts me. :shifty: I noted it because I could see it was numbered, but it wasn't King's style of carving/signature, so I dug out my notes of the Boston carvers to figure out the signature. I'm glad to hear Kinney's book has more records and scholarship! Very satisfying.[/QUOTE]
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