"For the moment you reminded me of one Pecksniff, a cousin of mine."

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"For the moment you reminded me of one Pecksniff, a cousin of mine."

Artist Mary Petty (American, 1899 - 1976)

Date1947

ClassificationsDrawing

MediumCrayon and ink

Dimensions15 1/4 × 11 1/16 in.

Credit LineMary Petty and Alan Dunn Bequest

Object number1972.619

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"Come, Miss Pecksniff!...You may want a friend one day or another."

"Come, Miss Pecksniff!...You may want a friend one day or another."

Mary Petty

1947

Then Mr. Pecksniff, gently warbling a rustic stave, put on his garden hat, seized a spade, and opened the street door.

Then Mr. Pecksniff, gently warbling a rustic stave, put on his garden hat, seized a spade, and opened the street door.

Mary Petty

1947

"And I want each of you to promise me one thing..."

"And I want each of you to promise me one thing..."

Mary Petty

1927

"Then his father paid me ten thousand dollars never to see him again. It sort of gives you back your faith in men, don't it?"

"Then his father paid me ten thousand dollars never to see him again. It sort of gives you back your faith in men, don't it?"

Mary Petty

1931

"Make mine a shrimp bisque and a slice of Lady Baltimore."

"Make mine a shrimp bisque and a slice of Lady Baltimore."

Mary Petty

1936

"The gravy alone, is enough to add twenty years to one's age, I do assure you."

"The gravy alone, is enough to add twenty years to one's age, I do assure you."

Mary Petty

1947

"I can tell better where to put your hips when you tell me where you want your waist."

"I can tell better where to put your hips when you tell me where you want your waist."

Mary Petty

1929

"I'd like to marry you, Miss Ella. Do you think your father would be willing to talk turkey with me sometime?"

"I'd like to marry you, Miss Ella. Do you think your father would be willing to talk turkey with me sometime?"

Mary Petty

1933

"Listen, Estelle! Tuesday I'm having lunch with an author! Do you want to have tea with me afterwards?"

"Listen, Estelle! Tuesday I'm having lunch with an author! Do you want to have tea with me afterwards?"

Mary Petty

1930

"Remind me to give you my emergency telephone number."

"Remind me to give you my emergency telephone number."

Mary Petty

1932

"You didn't need to have bought me a birthday present, beloved. I would have understood."

"You didn't need to have bought me a birthday present, beloved. I would have understood."

Mary Petty

1930

"Haven't you one with a bigger woof?"

"Haven't you one with a bigger woof?"

Mary Petty

1929

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