Cameo
A cameo is a carving technique where the design is raised against a background often consisting of contrasting colours. Traditionally the cameo has taken an oval or round shape. In photography, images in oval mounts are also referred to as cameos.
Possibly John Bowes, Baron Bowes
after James Tassie
late 18th century
NPG D7024
John Orlando Parry
by McLean & Haes
mid 1860s
NPG Ax14880
William Speed
by Stephen Ayling
mid-late 1860s
NPG Ax39760
John Alfred Vinter
by Henry William Ashdown
mid-late 1860s
NPG Ax14929
King Edward VII
by James Russell & Sons
1866
NPG Ax24165
Elizabeth Vacher (née Pocock)
by Edinburgh Photographic Company
late 1860s
NPG x27115
George Augustus Holmes
by Charles B. Praetorius
mid 1870s-mid 1890s
NPG Ax14922
Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha
by Unknown artist
late 19th century
NPG D7023