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"...under no circumstances. However, if drafted, I would consider it my duty to..."
"...under no circumstances. However, if drafted, I would consider it my duty to..."

"...under no circumstances. However, if drafted, I would consider it my duty to..."

Artist (American, 1900 - 1974)
Date1971
ClassificationsCartoon
Mediumcrayon ink
DimensionsObject: 7 11/16 × 8 1/8 in. (19.6 × 20.6 cm) Sheet: 7 11/16 × 8 1/8 in. (19.6 × 20.6 cm)
Credit LineMary Petty and Alan Dunn Bequest
Object number1979.1982
"Under the circumstances, I thought your remark about the Wellesley crew was rather tactless."
"Under the circumstances, I thought your remark about the Wellesley crew was rather tactless."
Mary Petty
1935
"Well, I think we should consider ourselves mighty lucky."
"Well, I think we should consider ourselves mighty lucky."
Alan Dunn
1942
"And now, if you don't mind, I would like to reassess my position on the firm stand I took in my previous reassessment."
"And now, if you don't mind, I would like to reassess my position on the firm stand I took in my previous reassessment."
Alan Dunn
1968
"I really can't make up my mind who I hope gets here first. As I understand it, it would be a question of which you'd rather join, the Communist Party or the Teamsters Union."
"I really can't make up my mind who I hope gets here first. As I understand it, it would be a question of which you'd rather join, the Communist Party or the Teamsters Union."
Alan Dunn
1961
Regional variants are interesting, however transient.
Regional variants are interesting, however transient.
Alan Dunn
1957
"Didn't you use to be Peggy Poole? My dear, I hardly knew you under 'G'!"
"Didn't you use to be Peggy Poole? My dear, I hardly knew you under 'G'!"
Alan Dunn
1934
“...my old sarge, Mooney, who would face a Panzer division without no fear...”
“...my old sarge, Mooney, who would face a Panzer division without no fear...”
Alan Dunn
1942
"You would be wasting your time with me. My mind is totally controlled by what the news media feed it."
"You would be wasting your time with me. My mind is totally controlled by what the news media feed it."
Alan Dunn
1970
No caption (Off-duty taxi passing man stranded in desert)
No caption (Off-duty taxi passing man stranded in desert)
Alan Dunn
1962
"I would like to bust more than I do but the crockery they use in the army is more like cement lawn furniture."
"I would like to bust more than I do but the crockery they use in the army is more like cement lawn furniture."
Alan Dunn
1941
Image Not Available for "Aren't you sorry now you didn't go in for football?", "Yes, Mildred, but any indulgence in athletics would have interfered with my scholastic standing.", "How you must suffer, Edmund!"
"Aren't you sorry now you didn't go in for football?", "Yes, Mildred, but any indulgence in athletics would have interfered with my scholastic standing.", "How you must suffer, Edmund!"
Alan Dunn
1926
Image Not Available for "It's fine, all right - but what would my friends think if they saw me in a two-pants suit?"
"It's fine, all right - but what would my friends think if they saw me in a two-pants suit?"
Alan Dunn
1928