Hand-colored comic lithograph of a woman in a white nightgown and a kneeling man in shirtsleeves beside a red-draped bed, with a candle and fireplace.

The Wedding Night, hand-colored lithograph

A hand-colored lithograph shows a woman in a long white nightgown standing beside a bed hung with red drapes, while a man in shirtsleeves kneels on a green rug before her. A candle burns on a mantel and a fire glows at left, with a blue coat draped over a chair at right. The title is printed below the image.

Artist: Schutz
Date: ca 1850
Medium: hand-colored (image production method/technique) ink (overall material) paper (overall material)
Source: Smithsonian (National Museum of American History)
Size: 2198 × 2880 px

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Public domain · Smithsonian (National Museum of American History) releases this image under CC0 (latest date 1855).
Rights checked 2026-11-05 · tier A · as stated by the source: CC0 (Smithsonian Open Access)

Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of American History

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