"Maybe he'd prefer something with an idea to it."

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"Maybe he'd prefer something with an idea to it."

Artist Alan Dunn (American, 1900 - 1974)

Date1943

ClassificationsCartoon

Mediumcrayon ink

DimensionsObject: 7 1/2 × 11 in. (19.1 × 27.9 cm) Sheet: 7 1/2 × 11 in. (19.1 × 27.9 cm)

Credit LineMary Petty and Alan Dunn Bequest

Object number1979.0885

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"You might know he'd like it!"

"You might know he'd like it!"

Alan Dunn

1959

"No thank you, I prefer Lady Hamiltons."

"No thank you, I prefer Lady Hamiltons."

Alan Dunn

1945

"No thank you, I prefer Lady Hamilton."

"No thank you, I prefer Lady Hamilton."

Alan Dunn

1945

"I'm so disappointed! I was hoping he'd pray for a Rockefeller landslide while he still steam up."

"I'm so disappointed! I was hoping he'd pray for a Rockefeller landslide while he still steam up."

Alan Dunn

1958

"Unless you'd prefer something for active sports."

"Unless you'd prefer something for active sports."

Mary Petty

1936

"Before we go any further with this profit-incentive idea, I think we should decide whether or not we invented it."

"Before we go any further with this profit-incentive idea, I think we should decide whether or not we invented it."

Alan Dunn

1964

"My idea of Christmas is just tons and tons of money!"

"My idea of Christmas is just tons and tons of money!"

Alan Dunn

1964

"It wasn't my idea to narrow the interplanatary -communications gap."

"It wasn't my idea to narrow the interplanatary -communications gap."

Alan Dunn

1967

"Poison - that's the considerate way - It's gas I don't like - refrigerator switch sets it off and it blows - injures maybe fifty people - And jumping, that's messy - No, give me poison cases any day."

"Poison - that's the considerate way - It's gas I don't like - refrigerator switch sets it off and it blows - injures maybe fifty people - And jumping, that's messy - No, give me poison cases any day."

Alan Dunn

1948

"Maybe you'd rather defy August in a mesh?"

"Maybe you'd rather defy August in a mesh?"

Alan Dunn

1960

"He was dirty, unshaven, with crumbs on his vest, just like he'd stepped out of the pages of a book."

"He was dirty, unshaven, with crumbs on his vest, just like he'd stepped out of the pages of a book."

Alan Dunn

1939

"She must get all her ideas from the movies she sees. Now she wants a baby."

"She must get all her ideas from the movies she sees. Now she wants a baby."

Alan Dunn

1930

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