| Object Number | 29-128-436 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Provenience | Mediterranean |
| Period | Neoclassical |
| Date Made | 1750-1800 |
| Section | Mediterranean |
| Materials | Chalcedony | Onyx |
| Technique | Cameo |
| Iconography | Caracalla | George III |
| Description | Sommerville: Chalcedony-Onyx. Caracalla, twenty-fourth Emperor of Rome, A.D. 211-217, so called from the long Gaulish tunic which he wore. Greek and Roman Cameos, Case Y. Vermeule: Chalcedony-Onyx. Cameo. (Unmounted). bust of a man to right, broken and poorly repaired at left side. Sommerville identifies him as Caracalls, but features seem to be a portrait of a personage of the period of George III. Late 18th Century. |
| Height | 3.4 cm |
| Width | 2.5 cm |
| Credit Line | Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904 |
| Other Number | 436 - Sommerville Gem Number |
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