"It's started to tick. Does that mean anything?"

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"It's started to tick. Does that mean anything?"

Artist Alan Dunn (American, 1900 - 1974)

Date1946

ClassificationsCartoon

Mediumcrayon ink

DimensionsObject: 9 1/4 × 12 7/8 in. (23.5 × 32.7 cm) Sheet: 9 1/4 × 12 7/8 in. (23.5 × 32.7 cm)

Credit LineMary Petty and Alan Dunn Bequest

Object number1979.1022

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"You are now on the celebrated Via Appia, oldest of the Roman consular roads. Started in 312 B.C. by Appius Claudius the Blind, it had it's beginning at the Porta Capena in the Servian Wall at Rome..."

"You are now on the celebrated Via Appia, oldest of the Roman consular roads. Started in 312 B.C. by Appius Claudius the Blind, it had it's beginning at the Porta Capena in the Servian Wall at Rome..."

Alan Dunn

1944

"But it's very easy to remember, lady, the one what, says 'hot' means cold and the one what says 'cold' also means cold."

"But it's very easy to remember, lady, the one what, says 'hot' means cold and the one what says 'cold' also means cold."

Alan Dunn

1931

"It doesn't look as if anything will ever come of our having sent the Wendells a New Year's card, does it?"

"It doesn't look as if anything will ever come of our having sent the Wendells a New Year's card, does it?"

Alan Dunn

1930

"I don't know whether it means anything especially, but that makes the second time this year that my views have been solicited by Dr. Gallup."

"I don't know whether it means anything especially, but that makes the second time this year that my views have been solicited by Dr. Gallup."

Alan Dunn

1941

"You can kill two birds with this one. It's good literature and it's dirty."

"You can kill two birds with this one. It's good literature and it's dirty."

Alan Dunn

1959

"Oh, come on, Louise! It's April. It's Paris. To hell with the gold balance! Let's blow ourselves to another aperitif!"

"Oh, come on, Louise! It's April. It's Paris. To hell with the gold balance! Let's blow ourselves to another aperitif!"

Alan Dunn

c 1965

"Its a nice little retreat in the Adirondacks where the local power company has kilowatts running out of its ears."

"Its a nice little retreat in the Adirondacks where the local power company has kilowatts running out of its ears."

Alan Dunn

1973

"It's probably not what Lady Bird had in mind, but it's nice."

"It's probably not what Lady Bird had in mind, but it's nice."

Alan Dunn

1967

"Another billion rubles! I wish we hadn't started this keeping-up-with-the-Joneses."

"Another billion rubles! I wish we hadn't started this keeping-up-with-the-Joneses."

Alan Dunn

1955

"This is a nice camp for a camp that was started in a hurry and has grown so fast the contractors have lost control."

"This is a nice camp for a camp that was started in a hurry and has grown so fast the contractors have lost control."

Alan Dunn

1941

"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

"It's for you, sir."

"It's for you, sir."

Alan Dunn

1943

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