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Photo by John Bentham.
Cameo
Photo by John Bentham.
Artist/Maker
Datedate unknown
MediumIvory (?) on stone
DimensionsOverall: 4 × 3 × 1/2 in. (10.2 × 7.6 × 1.3 cm)
Credit LineHamilton College Collection
Object number2023.10.90
On view
DescriptionCameo carving in ivory on a red stone base depicting an emporer, possibly Napoleon I, Titus, or Domitian.

Additional Details

Ivory man
Unknown artist, Japanese
Date: Early 19th century
Medium: Ivory
Object number: 1992.15
Carved human figure
Unknown artist
Date: date unknown
Medium: Carved ivory or horn
Object number: 2023.10.92
Netsuke of a bearded man
Unknown artist, Japanese
Date: 19th century
Medium: Ivory, wood, metal
Object number: 1992.14
Photo by John Bentham.
Unknown artist
Date: 19th century
Medium: Cast bronze with inlay on marble base
Object number: 2023.10.73
Pipe Bowl
Unknown artist
Date: unknown
Medium: Stone with paint
Object number: 1984.550
Photo by John Bentham.
Unknown artist
Date: c. 1800-1950
Medium: Bamboo, black pigment, feathers, gum or resin, woven grass, stone
Object number: 2023.10.37
Photo by John Bentham.
Henry DiSpirito
Date: 1960-1965
Medium: Carved stone
Object number: 1997.3
Photograph by Dave Revette.
Unknown artist
Date: 19th century
Medium: Brass
Object number: 1994.40
© Jacobie Adamie. Image courtesy of the Ruth and Elmer Museum of Art at Hamilton College, Clint…
Jacobie Adamie
Date: c. 1967
Medium: Soapstone
Object number: 1992.35
© Tom Huff. Image courtesy of the Ruth and Elmer Wellin Museum of Art at Hamilton College, Clin…
Tom Huff
Date: 1989
Medium: Virginia steatite and wood
Object number: 1995.7
Artwork is in the public domain. Image courtesy of the Ruth and Elmer Museum of Art at Hamilton…
Unknown artist
Date: c. 883-859 BCE
Medium: Gypsum with remnants of red pigment
Object number: 1868.5
Death Mask of Napoleon
Dr. Francesco Antommarchi
Date: modeled 1821, cast 1833
Medium: Bronze
Object number: INV.417