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Title: Saint Cecilia
Publisher: St. Louis Sunday Post-Dispatch
Date: April 27, 1902
Medium: Color Chromolithograph (newspaper art supplement)
Dimensions: Approx. 14.5 × 10 inches
Subject: Saint Cecilia, the patron saint of music, playing an organ while cherubic angels appear above, symbolizing divine inspiration.
This image reflects early 20th-century devotional art popular among American households, distributed through newspaper "art supplements" designed for framing. The soft tones and delicate shading are typical of lithographic work around 1900, often influenced by European religious art.