Peterkin's brothers marvel at the fine clothes that the hare gave him
Date1886
Artist
Howard Pyle
(American illustrator, 1853–1911)
Illustration Citation"Peterkin and the Little Gray Hare," by Howard Pyle, in Harper's Young People, March 23, 1886; reproduced in The Wonder Clock or Four & Twenty Marvelous Tales, by Howard Pyle (New York: Harper & Brothers, 1888)
MediumInk on illustration board
Dimensionscomposition: 9 × 6 7/16 in. (22.9 × 16.4 cm)
sheet: 10 11/16 × 8 1/4 in. (27.1 × 21 cm)
sheet: 10 11/16 × 8 1/4 in. (27.1 × 21 cm)
Credit LineMuseum Purchase, 1919
Object number1919-14
On View
Not on viewClassificationsDRAWING
Label TextIn this fairy tale, Peterkin outwits his brothers with the help of a gray hare whose life he has saved from a trap.