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Portrait cameo
John A. Greenough (active about 1848–1879)
1853
Object Place: Boston, Massachusetts, United States
Medium/Technique
Shell
Dimensions
Overall: 4.4 x 3.8 x 1cm (1 3/4 x 1 1/2 x 3/8in.)
Credit Line
Gift of the Frank B. Gordon Foundation
Accession Number1994.268
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsJewelry / Adornment – Cameos
DescriptionShoulder-length profile portrait of a middle-aged man facing proper left and wearing what appears to be a toga; accompanied by a pietra dure box.
Signed
Inscribed on reverse: "From Life. / By J.A. Greenough. / Sculp. / Boston, / Mass. / July, 1853"
InscriptionsInscribed on reverse: "From Life. / By J.A. Greenough. / Sculp. / Boston, / Mass. / July, 1853"
ProvenancePurchased from Suzanne Marshall, Sharon, Massachusetts.