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Cameos were often brought home from there by travellers who were doing the Grand Tour (a tour of continental Europe made by wealthy gentlemen, often to complete their education). Designs were copied from ancient gems and from paintings and sculpture. In this case the composition closely resembles a painting of 1826 by the artist Joseph Severn who lived in Rome. The painting is also in the V&A.","physicalDescription":"Cameo brooch, gold scrollwork with shell  cameo of a naked youth - Ariel - with a large feather in his left hand, on the back of a flying bat.  The treatment of the subject, taken from Shakespeare's The Tempest (Act 5, Scene 1), closely resembles a painting by Joseph Severn in the V&A (mus. no. 1410-1869).","artistMakerPerson":[{"name":{"text":"Unknown","id":"A1848"},"association":{"text":"","id":""},"note":""}],"artistMakerOrganisations":[],"artistMakerPeople":[],"materials":[{"text":"shell","id":"AAT11829"},{"text":"gold","id":"AAT11021"}],"techniques":[],"materialsAndTechniques":"Shell cameo set in a gold mount","categories":[{"text":"Images Online","id":"THES48937"},{"text":"Jewellery","id":"THES48930"},{"text":"Fashion","id":"THES48957"}],"styles":[],"collectionCode":{"text":"MET","id":"THES48599"},"images":["2006AA3784","2006AA3843","2018LC6485","2006AN7800"],"imageResolution":"high","galleryLocations":[{"current":{"text":"91","id":"THES49703"},"free":"","case":"20","shelf":"B","box":"3"}],"partTypes":[[{"text":"Brooch","id":""}]],"contentWarnings":[{"apprise":"","note":""}],"placesOfOrigin":[{"place":{"text":"England","id":"x28826"},"association":{"text":"made","id":"x28654"},"note":""}],"productionDates":[{"date":{"text":"ca. 1840","earliest":"1835-01-01","latest":"1844-12-31"},"association":{"text":"made","id":"x28654"},"note":""}],"associatedObjects":[{"object":{"text":"1410-1869","id":"O80652"},"association":"Depiction"}],"creditLine":"Given by Mrs L. 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