Skip to main content Collections MenuExpandMy CollectionDownload 300 x 300 (Download)View PDF"Ah! He'd make a lovely corpse."PreviousNext 300 x 300 (Download)"Ah! He'd make a lovely corpse."Artist Mary Petty (American, 1899 - 1976)Date1947ClassificationsDrawingMediumCrayon and inkDimensions14 5/8 × 10 3/4 in.Credit LineMary Petty and Alan Dunn BequestObject number1972.613 Discover More "Miss Carrington, honey, can Ah call you-all V'ginia?"Mary Petty1932"Once there was a time, my dear, when we had something that could make each other laugh."Mary Petty1933"Make mine a shrimp bisque and a slice of Lady Baltimore."Mary Petty1936In one thick solitary spot...among the last year's leaves of oak and beech...Mary Petty1947"But what changes do you hint at? Has any death occurred?"Mary Petty1947"I am not angry. I am hurt, Mr. Chuzzlewit."Mary Petty1947"Come, Miss Pecksniff!...You may want a friend one day or another."Mary Petty1947"When I'm at all sharp set, as I am today, I come to him after I've taken the edge off my own hunger."Mary Petty1947"I was not born to be the toy and puppet of any man, far less his."Mary Petty1947So through the narrow streets and winding city ways, went Anthony Chuzzlewit's funeral.Mary Petty1947"Look about you."Mary Petty1947"Over the hills and far away," indeed"."Mary Petty1947 Powered by eMuseum
