# The Hen and the Sailor

- 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/57285)
- Rights: [CC0 (Smithsonian Open Access)](https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/)
- Picture: https://invisiblenetwork.ai/thumbs/web/a73385232a68ce2867d473755fbb5f56.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 left, side profile of chicken with bonnet and umbrella under wing. Upper right, profile of sitting man cutting fabric with scissors. Both are on iceberg. Lower left, downing figure. Below, short story. Smiling sun in background.