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"Instead of telling my child about the flowers, the governess told him all about me and that Mr. Liggett!"
"Instead of telling my child about the flowers, the governess told him all about me and that Mr. Liggett!"

"Instead of telling my child about the flowers, the governess told him all about me and that Mr. Liggett!"

Artist (American, 1900 - 1974)
Date1933
ClassificationsCartoon
Mediumcrayon
DimensionsObject: 14 × 9 1/2 in. (35.6 × 24.1 cm) Sheet: 14 × 9 1/2 in. (35.6 × 24.1 cm)
Credit LineMary Petty and Alan Dunn Bequest
Object number1979.0540
"Now, men, do you all remember what I was telling you about Japanese booby traps?"
"Now, men, do you all remember what I was telling you about Japanese booby traps?"
Alan Dunn
1943
"I say, Mildred, have you finished telling Vera about - you know - about life yet?"
"I say, Mildred, have you finished telling Vera about - you know - about life yet?"
Alan Dunn
1927
"You told her, Gus - Don't bore Sylvia and eat your potatoes! Naomi, I ought to warn you there's ice cream - wine, dear, Naomi and George have no wine - I must apologize about the plumbing - I do wish the neighbors wouldn't go to the john while I'm giving a dinner - more limas, dear? - Limas, Sylvia? - Gus, more limas? - Duffy, do go on about Perry and what were his rubbers doing in the ice box -."
"You told her, Gus - Don't bore Sylvia and eat your potatoes! Naomi, I ought to warn you there's ice cream - wine, dear, Naomi and George have no wine - I must apologize about the plumbing - I do wish the neighbors wouldn't go to the john while I'm giving a dinner - more limas, dear? - Limas, Sylvia? - Gus, more limas? - Duffy, do go on about Perry and what were his rubbers doing in the ice box -."
Alan Dunn
1948
"Have you told the captain about your yawl yet, dear?"
"Have you told the captain about your yawl yet, dear?"
Alan Dunn
1931
"Psst! Have you told Junior about - er - you know - the facts, yet?"
"Psst! Have you told Junior about - er - you know - the facts, yet?"
Alan Dunn
1930
"Now pull yourself together, love. I haven't told the Mater and Dad anything about you yet except that you're perfect."
"Now pull yourself together, love. I haven't told the Mater and Dad anything about you yet except that you're perfect."
Alan Dunn
1933
"I cud not understand why the doctors made so much fuss about my teeth but it is all clear now since I got some of the beef the army uses in beef stew."
"I cud not understand why the doctors made so much fuss about my teeth but it is all clear now since I got some of the beef the army uses in beef stew."
Alan Dunn
1941
"You mustn't send me any more flowers, Mr. Buckley. We're just playing with fire, you know."
"You mustn't send me any more flowers, Mr. Buckley. We're just playing with fire, you know."
Alan Dunn
1932
"I dread the day when I'll have to tell him about sex."
"I dread the day when I'll have to tell him about sex."
Alan Dunn
1937
"I tried to commission him in the field as you ordered sir, but he wants to know what about base pay, rental and..."
"I tried to commission him in the field as you ordered sir, but he wants to know what about base pay, rental and..."
Alan Dunn
1944
"This is where Ernestine used to live with Mr. Roberts. I sometimes wonder about poor, dear Mr. Roberts."
"This is where Ernestine used to live with Mr. Roberts. I sometimes wonder about poor, dear Mr. Roberts."
Alan Dunn
1930
"So I said, 'Take your hands off me, Osprey you fish!' and that was all there was to that - ", "You must have led him on - that type doesn't make passes at just anybody - Just what were you doing with him on the terrace? You practically let him seduce you with those wolfish eyes - "
"So I said, 'Take your hands off me, Osprey you fish!' and that was all there was to that - ", "You must have led him on - that type doesn't make passes at just anybody - Just what were you doing with him on the terrace? You practically let him seduce you with those wolfish eyes - "
Alan Dunn
1948