# A Ride on an Ocean Steed

- 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/57321)
- Rights: [CC0 (Smithsonian Open Access)](https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/)
- Picture: https://invisiblenetwork.ai/thumbs/web/b139973d36ff789cbad217520b47424c.jpg
- Who can see it: Little Ones profiles and older (museums give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the museum's own words)

Short story from “Archibald the Cat,” about a sailor and a young passenger stranded at sea. Center, two figures. Bottom figure, man with beard, carrying younger figure on back. Larger figure is ridding large fish with object in mouth, in the ocean.