Nobody had ever found Todgers's on a verbal direction.

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Nobody had ever found Todgers's on a verbal direction.

Artist Mary Petty (American, 1899 - 1976)

Date1947

ClassificationsDrawing

MediumCrayon and ink

Dimensions8 3/16 × 9 5/8 in.

Credit LineMary Petty and Alan Dunn Bequest

Object number1972.587

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"Thirty-six, thirty-seven, thirty-eight. Now you'll stop. Nobody ever comes past the thirty-eighth stair."

"Thirty-six, thirty-seven, thirty-eight. Now you'll stop. Nobody ever comes past the thirty-eighth stair."

Mary Petty

1947

"Best armchair strategist we ever found."

"Best armchair strategist we ever found."

Mary Petty

n.d.

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No caption (Best Armchair strategist we ever found)

Mary Petty

"All as right as ever. Here's the will."

"All as right as ever. Here's the will."

Mary Petty

1947

"I think Dr. Winkel felt my liver was the biggest thing that ever came his way."

"I think Dr. Winkel felt my liver was the biggest thing that ever came his way."

Mary Petty

1932

"Now I know what that song means - 'have you ever seen a dream dancing'?"

"Now I know what that song means - 'have you ever seen a dream dancing'?"

Mary Petty

1934

"I did these when I had the measles and they all had to be fumigated"

"I did these when I had the measles and they all had to be fumigated"

Mary Petty

1941

Mr. Seedlepipe, between his two patients, had enough to do, poor fellow.

Mr. Seedlepipe, between his two patients, had enough to do, poor fellow.

Mary Petty

1947

Time, burrowing like a mole below the ground, had marked his track by throwing up another heap of earth. And that was all.

Time, burrowing like a mole below the ground, had marked his track by throwing up another heap of earth. And that was all.

Mary Petty

1947

"And all the time I thought I had some quality that would keep Mr. Richardson at bay."

"And all the time I thought I had some quality that would keep Mr. Richardson at bay."

Mary Petty

1932

"So nice to see you Alicia. I've had you on my bring-up file all spring."

"So nice to see you Alicia. I've had you on my bring-up file all spring."

Mary Petty

1939

"The Indians had him completely at bay. He saved his last shot for your Great-Great-Great Aunt Fanny."

"The Indians had him completely at bay. He saved his last shot for your Great-Great-Great Aunt Fanny."

Mary Petty

1940

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