english cameo glass in the corning museum of glass

FIG. 36. George Woodall's medallions
of Dr. and Mrs. Samuel Parkes
Cadman.
George Woodall's exceptional skill as a cameo
glass artist is reflected in his miniature portraits.
He carved eight portraits: Lord Kelvin (in the collection
of the Royal Society of London), Mrs.
Martin (location unknown), Judge and Mrs.
Winans (location unknown; it was formerly in the
collection of Thomas Webb &c Sons), the "Armenian
Girl" (at Broadfield House Glass Museum,
Dudley, England), Prime Minister Gladstone (in
the collection of Mr. and Mrs. Billy Hitt), and Dr.
and Mrs. Samuel Parkes Cadman. The Cadman
plaques are among the most sensitively carved
examples of English cameo glass. They depict a
highly successful evangelist and his wife. Dr. Cadman
(1864-1936) was related to George Woodall
through his mother, who was Woodall's sister-inlaw.
A cleric, he migrated to the United States in
1890 and served congregations in Yonkers, Millbrook,
and Brooklyn, New York. He began his
radio ministry in 1923, and this continued until
his death in 1936. Cadman Plaza and Cadman
Memorial Church in Brooklyn are named for him. FIG. 37. Potpourri jar, about 1880-1890.