"Irma, I want you to meet Mrs. Rush. Mrs. Rush has a very successful compost pit."

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"Irma, I want you to meet Mrs. Rush. Mrs. Rush has a very successful compost pit."

Artist Alan Dunn (American, 1900 - 1974)

Date1950

ClassificationsCartoon

Mediumcrayon ink

DimensionsObject: 8 7/8 × 12 1/2 in. (22.5 × 31.8 cm) Sheet: 8 7/8 × 12 1/2 in. (22.5 × 31.8 cm)

Credit LineMary Petty and Alan Dunn Bequest

Object number1979.1164

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"A Mrs. Clavicle, sounds like, wants to talk with you on the office phone. Shall I give her your private number or do you want to come down and talk with here on the office phone?"

"A Mrs. Clavicle, sounds like, wants to talk with you on the office phone. Shall I give her your private number or do you want to come down and talk with here on the office phone?"

Alan Dunn

1948

"A Mrs. Clavicle, sounds like, wants to talk with you on the office phone. Shall I give her your private number or do you want to come down and talk with here on the office phone?"

"A Mrs. Clavicle, sounds like, wants to talk with you on the office phone. Shall I give her your private number or do you want to come down and talk with here on the office phone?"

Alan Dunn

1948

"So you're a Save the Thirty-five-cent Fare! I'd like you to meet Mrs. Hawes. She's a Save Long Island Sound."

"So you're a Save the Thirty-five-cent Fare! I'd like you to meet Mrs. Hawes. She's a Save Long Island Sound."

Alan Dunn

1974

"I hear Mrs. Hargreaves has given up her brownstone front."

"I hear Mrs. Hargreaves has given up her brownstone front."

Mary Petty

1932

"Mr. and Mrs. Laird; the Cabots; Mrs. Percy Hartshorn, whom you may know; Mr. Drummond; Miss Delaney, and old lady Gibson."

"Mr. and Mrs. Laird; the Cabots; Mrs. Percy Hartshorn, whom you may know; Mr. Drummond; Miss Delaney, and old lady Gibson."

Alan Dunn

1932

"Her husband has been delirious for days. He keeps calling for a Mrs. Hatfield."

"Her husband has been delirious for days. He keeps calling for a Mrs. Hatfield."

Mary Petty

1936

"That's just Mrs. Clarey from next door. She asked me if she could use our bathroom while hers is being fixed. I meant to tell you -"

"That's just Mrs. Clarey from next door. She asked me if she could use our bathroom while hers is being fixed. I meant to tell you -"

Alan Dunn

1948

"Just a minute - that isn't much fun for Mrs. Mayhew. Mr. Mayhew, will you sit over here, please?"

"Just a minute - that isn't much fun for Mrs. Mayhew. Mr. Mayhew, will you sit over here, please?"

Alan Dunn

1930

"Mrs. Hartford's husband had two major operations at one time and oh, Julian! I was so humiliated when I told her you had diabetes."

"Mrs. Hartford's husband had two major operations at one time and oh, Julian! I was so humiliated when I told her you had diabetes."

Alan Dunn

1927

"All right, darling, you may fire one fusillade at Mr. and Mrs. Smalley and then you must go to bed."

"All right, darling, you may fire one fusillade at Mr. and Mrs. Smalley and then you must go to bed."

Alan Dunn

1932

"Mrs. Dodsworth, I'm happy to report .... Everybody's added costs really are passed on to you."

"Mrs. Dodsworth, I'm happy to report .... Everybody's added costs really are passed on to you."

Alan Dunn

1974

"You surprise me sometimes, Mrs. Phipps."

"You surprise me sometimes, Mrs. Phipps."

Alan Dunn

1931

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