Skip to main content
Collections Menu
"He's going to show us where Louis XVI married Norma Shearer."
"He's going to show us where Louis XVI married Norma Shearer."

"He's going to show us where Louis XVI married Norma Shearer."

Artist (American, 1900 - 1974)
Date1938
ClassificationsCartoon
Mediumcrayon ink wash
DimensionsObject: 11 3/16 × 13 13/16 in. (28.4 × 35.1 cm) Sheet: 11 3/16 × 13 13/16 in. (28.4 × 35.1 cm)
Credit LineMary Petty and Alan Dunn Bequest
Object number1979.1904
"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?"
Alan Dunn
1931
“It’s against his principles to fight, but he’s going to tell them he’s willing to combat erosion.”
“It’s against his principles to fight, but he’s going to tell them he’s willing to combat erosion.”
Alan Dunn
1940
"Make a big noise going out; after all, he's probably trying to avoid you more than you, him."
"Make a big noise going out; after all, he's probably trying to avoid you more than you, him."
Alan Dunn
1948
"Oh, he married an actress and got a divorce - or maybe he didn't get a divorce - anyway, he married an actress."
"Oh, he married an actress and got a divorce - or maybe he didn't get a divorce - anyway, he married an actress."
Alan Dunn
1929
When I get married I'm going to have a simple wedding with hamburgers;
When I get married I'm going to have a simple wedding with hamburgers;
Don Tobin
n.d.
"I said, What's to prevent us from being married at sea?"
"I said, What's to prevent us from being married at sea?"
Alan Dunn
1941
"Wrong number, Operator. I seem to be talking with some automobile in St. Louis."
"Wrong number, Operator. I seem to be talking with some automobile in St. Louis."
Alan Dunn
1946
"He figures that if he doen't pay the sales tax it'll save us book- keeping because he's on the dole and he'll just get it right back."
"He figures that if he doen't pay the sales tax it'll save us book- keeping because he's on the dole and he'll just get it right back."
Mary Petty
1935
"We're not to wait. He's just had a meat-and-potatoes conference with some nuts-and-bolts people, and he's in no mood for dinner."
"We're not to wait. He's just had a meat-and-potatoes conference with some nuts-and-bolts people, and he's in no mood for dinner."
Alan Dunn
1969
"Here's the record Chief. He's a member of the Sons of Democracy, the American Friends of Worldwide Democracy, the Guardians of the American Heritage, the People's League for Good Citizenship, the Friends of Freedom, the Conference for the Furtherance of Costitutional Government, the League for the Preservation of American Freedom, the Sentinels of Democracy, the Golden Rule Association, the Society for the Support of the Constitution of the United States, the International Congress for the Furtherance of Democracy, the Conference for the Observance of the Ten Commandments and the Society for the Preservation of North American Wild Life. We think he's a Commie."
"Here's the record Chief. He's a member of the Sons of Democracy, the American Friends of Worldwide Democracy, the Guardians of the American Heritage, the People's League for Good Citizenship, the Friends of Freedom, the Conference for the Furtherance of Costitutional Government, the League for the Preservation of American Freedom, the Sentinels of Democracy, the Golden Rule Association, the Society for the Support of the Constitution of the United States, the International Congress for the Furtherance of Democracy, the Conference for the Observance of the Ten Commandments and the Society for the Preservation of North American Wild Life. We think he's a Commie."
Alan Dunn
1947
"My dear, I congratulate you - tha't a very intelligent use of Louis the Fifteenth."
"My dear, I congratulate you - tha't a very intelligent use of Louis the Fifteenth."
Alan Dunn
1932
"May I show you our nine points of superiority, sir?"
"May I show you our nine points of superiority, sir?"
Alan Dunn
1930