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"I'm going to take the boeuf en papillates maitre d'hotel. If I don't use my French, it grows rusty."
"I'm going to take the boeuf en papillates maitre d'hotel. If I don't use my French, it grows rusty."

"I'm going to take the boeuf en papillates maitre d'hotel. If I don't use my French, it grows rusty."

Artist (American, 1900 - 1974)
Date1940
ClassificationsCartoon
MediumCrayon
DimensionsSheet: 9 7/8 x 12 3/4 in. (25.1 x 32.4 cm)
Credit LineMary Petty and Alan Dunn Bequest
Object number1979.0738
"And then a new eyebrow grows in to take its place. It's Nature's way of carrying on."
"And then a new eyebrow grows in to take its place. It's Nature's way of carrying on."
Alan Dunn
1933
"I'm all right if I don't look down." "They wouldn't be any better if we went clockwise." "Where's the elevator? I'm all turned round." "Hi, Alice." "Stop thinking of it as a third of a mile! " "Let's come again and really look at the pictures." "This is going to be hard to tear down."
"I'm all right if I don't look down." "They wouldn't be any better if we went clockwise." "Where's the elevator? I'm all turned round." "Hi, Alice." "Stop thinking of it as a third of a mile! " "Let's come again and really look at the pictures." "This is going to be hard to tear down."
Alan Dunn
1959
"Madame desires dors d'oeuvers, potage julienne, turbot genevoise, filet de boeuf sauce madere, poularde du mans truffe, asperges au beurre, celeri au jus, mousse aux fraises and cafe filtre. I'll take a vegetable dinner."
"Madame desires dors d'oeuvers, potage julienne, turbot genevoise, filet de boeuf sauce madere, poularde du mans truffe, asperges au beurre, celeri au jus, mousse aux fraises and cafe filtre. I'll take a vegetable dinner."
Alan Dunn
1927
"You take the wires out first, silly.", "I bet she don't lunch at the Colony in these!", "Got a quarter on you Mary Lou to save me going upstairs?"
"You take the wires out first, silly.", "I bet she don't lunch at the Colony in these!", "Got a quarter on you Mary Lou to save me going upstairs?"
Alan Dunn
1948
"I think I'll skip breakfast and lunch, [Marie,] and just have a Martini - And, by the way, say 'Veuillez, madame?' and not 'Vaulez?' - I don't want people to think I can't afford to have you use the subjuntive - "
"I think I'll skip breakfast and lunch, [Marie,] and just have a Martini - And, by the way, say 'Veuillez, madame?' and not 'Vaulez?' - I don't want people to think I can't afford to have you use the subjuntive - "
Alan Dunn
1948
"My husband doesn't know it yet, but here after I'm going to help him in a business way."
"My husband doesn't know it yet, but here after I'm going to help him in a business way."
Alan Dunn
1927
"Can I take the course in Conversational French without the grammer? It's only for Quebec."
"Can I take the course in Conversational French without the grammer? It's only for Quebec."
Alan Dunn
1938
"I cud not understand why the doctors made so much fuss about my teeth but it is all clear now since I got some of the beef the army uses in beef stew."
"I cud not understand why the doctors made so much fuss about my teeth but it is all clear now since I got some of the beef the army uses in beef stew."
Alan Dunn
1941
"Could you include someplace where I can use my Esperanto?"
"Could you include someplace where I can use my Esperanto?"
Alan Dunn
1936
"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
"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
"I coulda been married long ago myself, if I'd wanted to use my appeal."
"I coulda been married long ago myself, if I'd wanted to use my appeal."
Alan Dunn
1928