Was She Right?
Was She Right?
- Description
- This black and white print with a single-color tint depicts an indoor ballroom scene. It is titled "Was She Right?," which was probably the title of a play. Depicted is an older woman, pointind and scowling at a younger woman, whose hand is being kissed by a young man kneeling at her feet, while others look on.
- This lithograph was produced by the Metropolitan Printing Company and E. Rothengatter. Emil Rothengatter (1848-1939) was a German-born artist and designer of circus posters who worked in cities including Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and Cincinnati, Ohio. In 1896 he won a contest to design the flag of Cincinnati for a work he called “Zero of Burnet Woods.” However controversy over whether Cincinnati should have a flag delayed the design’s formal adoption until 1940. Emil Rothengatter also wrote a book entitled Art of Poster Making in the United States, published in 1911. He died in New York.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Object Name
- lithograph
- Object Type
- Lithograph
- Date made
- n.d.
- maker
- Rothengatter
- Metropolitan Printing Company
- place made
- United States: New York, New York City
- Physical Description
- paper (overall material)
- ink (overall material)
- Measurements
- image: 15 1/2 in x 21 in; 39.37 cm x 53.34 cm
- ID Number
- DL.60.3017
- catalog number
- 60.3017
- accession number
- 228146
- Credit Line
- Harry T. Peters "America on Stone" Lithography Collection
- subject
- Adornment
- Architecture, Domestic Buildings
- Lighting
- Dancing
- Theater
- Marriage
- See more items in
- Home and Community Life: Domestic Life
- Clothing & Accessories
- Advertising
- Art
- Peters Prints
- Domestic Furnishings
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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