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"Now, Chloe dear, you aren't going to spoil Mother's Louis XIV scheme, are you?"
"Now, Chloe dear, you aren't going to spoil Mother's Louis XIV scheme, are you?"

"Now, Chloe dear, you aren't going to spoil Mother's Louis XIV scheme, are you?"

Artist (American, 1900 - 1974)
Date1931
ClassificationsCartoon
Mediumcrayon
DimensionsObject: 12 13/16 × 14 9/16 in. (32.6 × 37 cm) Sheet: 12 13/16 × 14 9/16 in. (32.6 × 37 cm)
Credit LineMary Petty and Alan Dunn Bequest
Object number1979.1856
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