Bidspirit auction | National Chemigraph Company Advertising Print

National Chemigraph Company Advertising Print After a Neoclassical Relief, 1893 - A late nineteenth-century chemigraph print produced by the National Chemigraph Company of St. Louis. The image is rendered in a neoclassical relief style, depicting a partially draped woman cradling a sleeping winged cherub or Cupid holding an arrow. The lower right corner of the print features a printed mark reading NATIONAL CHEMIGRAPH COMPANY ST. LOUIS, PAT MAR. 21 - 93. The print is housed behind glass in a dark-stained wood frame featuring an ornate, gilded gesso inner border. The brown-toned mat is printed with the promotional text ...COMPLIMENTS OF... HEYMAN BROS., ARTISTIC CLOTHIERS. The work is a photomechanical reproduction of a sculptural relief, typical of late Victorian decorative arts and advertising ephemera.