# The Hare and the Tortoise

- Date: 1878
- Medium: Printed in black ink on paper
- Classification: Ephemera
- Dimensions: 30.2 × 23.5 cm (11 7/8 × 9 1/4 in.)
- Culture: USA
- Credit line: Bequest of Erskine Hewitt
- Museum: [Smithsonian Institution](https://collection.cooperhewitt.org/view/objects/asitem/id/57282)
- Rights: [CC0 (Smithsonian Open Access)](https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/)
- Picture: https://invisiblenetwork.ai/thumbs/web/9643a66dca8db4fe849190ff0e82f997.jpg
- Who can see it: Little Ones profiles and older (museums give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the museum's own words)

Upper right, profile of sitting hare with legs crossed over, leaning on labelled book. Upper right, back view of tortoise, field and sky in background. Below, twist on the story of the tortoise and the hare.