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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Bronwen, post: 9592433, member: 5833&quot;]Welcome, Vector.&nbsp; Nice to have another person with an interest in cameos on board.</p><p><br /></p><p>This one is lovely.&nbsp; It has been my observation that very good engravers tend to be either very good at faces or at hair, but not both.&nbsp; The very best can do both.&nbsp; Think the hair on your lady was left as more of an impressionistic ornament around the face by design, not through any lack of skill.&nbsp; Perhaps some art nouveau influence.&nbsp; The face has dimension, the rounded cheek &amp; chin bringing her to life.</p><p><br /></p><p>In the <a href="https://www.carc.ox.ac.uk/carc/gems/James-Tassie" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.carc.ox.ac.uk/carc/gems/James-Tassie" rel="nofollow">Tassie impressions, starting at 3315</a>, there is a run of female busts crowned with laurel classified as non-specific Muses.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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