[Rooster, hens, and chick in garden]

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[Rooster, hens, and chick in garden]

Artist Mary Petty (American, 1899 - 1976)

Datecirca 1933

ClassificationsDrawing

MediumCrayon and ink

DimensionsObject: 5 1/4 × 5 3/4 in. (13.3 × 14.6 cm) Sheet: 10 1/16 × 8 5/16 in. (25.5 × 21.1 cm)

Credit LineMary Petty and Alan Dunn Bequest

Object number1979.2367

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63. Chanticler. Don’t you wish you were a rooster/ Who has a lot of hens?/ With each her little chickens—/ And not one do you support?

63. Chanticler. Don’t you wish you were a rooster/ Who has a lot of hens?/ With each her little chickens—/ And not one do you support?

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Then Mr. Pecksniff, gently warbling a rustic stave, put on his garden hat, seized a spade, and opened the street door.

Then Mr. Pecksniff, gently warbling a rustic stave, put on his garden hat, seized a spade, and opened the street door.

Mary Petty

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[Young couple in garden]

[Young couple in garden]

Mary Petty

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Back to Nature "Modern" (garden hose leading indoors to water plants)

Back to Nature "Modern" (garden hose leading indoors to water plants)

Mary Petty

1954

In one thick solitary spot...among the last year's leaves of oak and beech...

In one thick solitary spot...among the last year's leaves of oak and beech...

Mary Petty

1947

"But what changes do you hint at? Has any death occurred?"

"But what changes do you hint at? Has any death occurred?"

Mary Petty

1947

"I am not angry. I am hurt, Mr. Chuzzlewit."

"I am not angry. I am hurt, Mr. Chuzzlewit."

Mary Petty

1947

"Come, Miss Pecksniff!...You may want a friend one day or another."

"Come, Miss Pecksniff!...You may want a friend one day or another."

Mary Petty

1947

"When I'm at all sharp set, as I am today, I come to him after I've taken the edge off my own hunger."

"When I'm at all sharp set, as I am today, I come to him after I've taken the edge off my own hunger."

Mary Petty

1947

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