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"Oh dear - instead of your great-great aunt Polly I seem to be in touch with three spirits with little pointed heads."
"Oh dear - instead of your great-great aunt Polly I seem to be in touch with three spirits with little pointed heads."

"Oh dear - instead of your great-great aunt Polly I seem to be in touch with three spirits with little pointed heads."

Artist (American, 1900 - 1974)
Date1960
ClassificationsCartoon
Mediumcrayon ink
DimensionsObject: 10 7/8 × 8 7/16 in. (27.7 × 21.4 cm) Sheet: 10 7/8 × 8 7/16 in. (27.7 × 21.4 cm)
Credit LineMary Petty and Alan Dunn Bequest
Object number1979.2087
"...and there was a Trumbull married your great-great aunt in 1842, who fled to America. She was a Chishom from..."
"...and there was a Trumbull married your great-great aunt in 1842, who fled to America. She was a Chishom from..."
Alan Dunn
1944
"The Indians had him completely at bay. He saved his last shot for your Great-Great-Great Aunt Fanny."
"The Indians had him completely at bay. He saved his last shot for your Great-Great-Great Aunt Fanny."
Mary Petty
1940
"It's a condition of my stomach I've confided only to yourself and a few choice spirits."
"It's a condition of my stomach I've confided only to yourself and a few choice spirits."
Alan Dunn
1933
"And oh! The sweetest little pills! Three times a day in water - or was it six times? - I don't know. Anyway, I've got a rundown condition and an awful lot to talk with you about."
"And oh! The sweetest little pills! Three times a day in water - or was it six times? - I don't know. Anyway, I've got a rundown condition and an awful lot to talk with you about."
Kindl (Alan Dunn)
1931
"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
"Oh, Sydney, which of these is Aunt Agatha?"
"Oh, Sydney, which of these is Aunt Agatha?"
Alan Dunn
1929
"I repeat - I love everybody! And it is because of that great love that I am angered by the evil forces among us. Those who stand in our dedicated way are our enemies and must be exterminated! Who isn't for us is against us!"
"I repeat - I love everybody! And it is because of that great love that I am angered by the evil forces among us. Those who stand in our dedicated way are our enemies and must be exterminated! Who isn't for us is against us!"
Alan Dunn
1960
"Yes, this is El Presidente- but, oh dear! I hear shots!"
"Yes, this is El Presidente- but, oh dear! I hear shots!"
Alan Dunn
1963
"Oh, dear, we're just on our way out. I'm terribly sorry. I don't know any eight people we'd rather have seen."
"Oh, dear, we're just on our way out. I'm terribly sorry. I don't know any eight people we'd rather have seen."
Alan Dunn
1946
"I found that was the trouble too when I took up Rhythm - you seem to outgrow all your old friends..."
"I found that was the trouble too when I took up Rhythm - you seem to outgrow all your old friends..."
Kindl (Alan Dunn)
1930
"It seems the X-ray camera was pointed the wrong way, and took the doctor's stomach."
"It seems the X-ray camera was pointed the wrong way, and took the doctor's stomach."
Mary Petty
1934
"Would you care to know, dear, that your 'hazy morn of an enchanted day in May' is composed of six-tenths parts per million sulfur dioxide, two parts per million carbon monoxide, four parts per million hydrocarbons, three parts...."
"Would you care to know, dear, that your 'hazy morn of an enchanted day in May' is composed of six-tenths parts per million sulfur dioxide, two parts per million carbon monoxide, four parts per million hydrocarbons, three parts...."
Alan Dunn
1968