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"Good heavens! And we never sent them anything."

Artist Mary Petty (American, 1899 - 1976)
Date1933
ClassificationsCartoon
Mediumcrayon ink
DimensionsObject: 13 × 9 7/16 in. (33 × 24 cm) Sheet: 14 7/16 × 10 5/8 in. (36.7 × 27 cm)
Credit LineMary Petty and Alan Dunn Bequest
Object number1979.2382
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"For heaven's sake, Myra! You're not going to let Chaminade's Scarf Dance get you down?"
"For heaven's sake, Myra! You're not going to let Chaminade's Scarf Dance get you down?"
Mary Petty
1932
"Good heavens, this must be Echo Lake!" "GOOD HEAVENS, THIS MUST BE ECHO LAKE!"
"Good heavens, this must be Echo Lake!" "GOOD HEAVENS, THIS MUST BE ECHO LAKE!"
Alan Dunn
1938
"Good heavens, no! Not there!"
"Good heavens, no! Not there!"
Alan Dunn
1959
"Good heavens! Am I supposed to see this?"
"Good heavens! Am I supposed to see this?"
Alan Dunn
1945
"Good Heaven! The premises are on fire!"
"Good Heaven! The premises are on fire!"
Mary Petty
1947
"For Heaven's sake don't get the idea I've never been kissed."
"For Heaven's sake don't get the idea I've never been kissed."
Alan Dunn
1931
"After all, in the absence of anything else, we're the nobility."
"After all, in the absence of anything else, we're the nobility."
Mary Petty
1932
"And just as Dr. Ewing pronounced them man and wife, the old family lace began to crack up"
"And just as Dr. Ewing pronounced them man and wife, the old family lace began to crack up"
Mary Petty
1937
"Here, Pompey, take these meatballs back to the kitchen and tell Lola to step them up with a little shooting sherry."
"Here, Pompey, take these meatballs back to the kitchen and tell Lola to step them up with a little shooting sherry."
Mary Petty
1937
"There's a certain honesty about them I like."
"There's a certain honesty about them I like."
Mary Petty
1936
"I lump them all together under "white women"."
"I lump them all together under "white women"."
Mary Petty
1934
"I don't even try to understand them any more."
"I don't even try to understand them any more."
Mary Petty
1936
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