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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Bronwen, post: 4354464, member: 5833&quot;]You did not need to be important to get a good shell cameo portrait of yourself, you just needed the money &amp; to know where to find a good engraver.&nbsp; Your tourists&#039; guide to Rome helped you with that, for example:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]361814[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]361815[/ATTACH][ATTACH=full]361816[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Filippo Tignani was more skilled:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]361817[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>Even the famous Saulinis did tourist portraits for their bread &amp; butter.&nbsp; This one is by Tommaso:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]361818[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>There were photography studios near the workshops where you could get a photo portrait for the engraver to use.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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