# The Kind-Hearted She-Elephant

- 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/57299)
- Rights: [CC0 (Smithsonian Open Access)](https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/)
- Picture: https://invisiblenetwork.ai/thumbs/web/0c286cff3ef5020e79e8aac16b89a9ec.jpg
- Who can see it: Tweens profiles and older (museums give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the museum's own words)

Short story on elephant accidently steeping on a bird’s nest. Bottom left, profile of sitting elephant crying, handkerchief in hand. Lower right, bird standing and facing viewer.