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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Bronwen, post: 10235407, member: 5833&quot;]Hi all.&nbsp; Finally feeling reasonably functional after a prolonged period of impairment that has included a little time in the hospital followed by an outbreak of shingles (I only had the 1-shot protocol, not the newer 2-shot one) in the arm where the IVs were.</p><p><br /></p><p>I did check in here just enough to see that lots of sound guidance was dispensed by other members who are being too modest about their knowledge &amp; skill.&nbsp; I can&#039;t really add to it, just give it my endorsement.</p><p><br /></p><p>While I was in the hospital, received a cameo won in an English auction that I somehow managed to snag despite being completely enervated in previous weeks.&nbsp; I was drawn by the quality of the carving, even though the subject is an unidentified English matron.&nbsp; Felt there was a chance it would be signed.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]511858[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Was disappointed &amp; a bit disbelieving when I could not, in my hospital bed, find any markings.&nbsp; Didn&#039;t spot anything when I was cleaning her up, either.&nbsp; (Think I&#039;m going to have to go after stubborn bits in deep places with a needle.)&nbsp; Then, last night, finally really examined her, under good light with magnification, and...</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]511859[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Think there really can be no doubt that this is Albert Dürer Lucas, son of Richard Cockle Lucas, who was known for his cameos, among other sculptural work.&nbsp; The V&amp;A has a number of pieces R.C. donated to them &amp; others can be found in auction listings.</p><p><br /></p><p>The only artistic output by Albert I could readily find on the internet are paintings of flowers &amp; trees.&nbsp; He was clearly a master of working in shell, but I found no recognition of this.&nbsp; Indeed, the auctioneer missed it in this case; the name &amp; date are very lightly incised. </p><p><br /></p><p>Very surprised to find that Julia Kagan did not pick up either elder or younger Lucas in the list of masters appended to her book on British gem engraving.&nbsp; Forrer picked up Richard &amp; his portrait medallions in the supplement to his Biographical Dictionary.</p><p><br /></p><p>You can learn a bit about Albert &amp; Richard here:</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://bevoismounthistory.weebly.com/albert-durer-lucas.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://bevoismounthistory.weebly.com/albert-durer-lucas.html" rel="nofollow">https://bevoismounthistory.weebly.com/albert-durer-lucas.html</a></p><p><br /></p><p>I would like to get in touch with this group to let them know about Albert&#039;s cameo work &amp; to ask if the lady can be identified.&nbsp; They may know a portrait in some other medium.&nbsp; Who knows?&nbsp; Could be Albert&#039;s mother.&nbsp; I&#039;m not joining Facebook just so I can reach them.&nbsp; If you&#039;re on FB &amp; would care to, please feel free to steer them to this post.</p><p><br /></p><p>The cameo arrived with a fitted box but, sadly, has been removed from the brooch that once held it.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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