Bidspirit auction | The Soul's Awakening Framed Monochrome

The Soul's Awakening Framed Monochrome Print - This monochrome print, likely a photogravure or high-quality carbon print from the late 19th or early 20th century, depicts a young woman in Renaissance-style clothing holding a small book to her chest with a pensive, upward gaze. The composition is a well-known Victorian subject titled The Soul's Awakening. The print is housed under glass with a light-colored textile mat and set within an ornate gilt wood or composition frame. The frame features a decorative design consisting of repeating palmette borders and a central frieze of interlaced Celtic knot motifs. There are faint markings or a signature located along the bottom edge of the print, but they are too blurry to be legible as a specific name or text. Across the widest point of the frame: 11 3/8 inches Across the visible width of the image: 7 1/2 inches.