“She's a Perfect Little Lady”: Museum Object and Cultural History
“She's a Perfect Little Lady”: publishing date: 1902. lyricist: Sterling, Andrew B.. composer: Von Tilzer, Harry.
The object in the museum catalogue
This sheet music for the song “She’s A Perfect Little Lady: or Treat Her as You Would a Sister of Your Own” was written by Andrew Sterling and composed by Barry Von Tilzer. The song was originally published by William C. Dunn and Co. of New York, New York in 1899, and this sheet appeared as a supplement to the New York Herald on March 9, 1902. The cover features an image of a lady in a fancy ruffled dress, with a flower, three Chinese lamps, and a faun playing a double pan flute.
Materials, dates and provenance
- publishing date: 1902
- lyricist: Sterling, Andrew B.
- composer: Von Tilzer, Harry
- publisher: William Dunn and Company
- Object Name: sheet music
- Physical Description: paper (overall material)
- Physical Description: ink (overall material)
- Measurements: overall: 14 in x 10 1/8 in; 35.56 cm x 25.7175 cm
- place made: United States: New York, New York
- ID Number: 1982.0440.06
- accession number: 1982.0440
- catalog number: 1982.0440.06
- Data Source: National Museum of American History
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