"Mr. Pinch is an item in the vast total of humanity, my love."

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"Mr. Pinch is an item in the vast total of humanity, my love."

Artist Mary Petty (American, 1899 - 1976)

Date1947

ClassificationsDrawing

MediumCrayon and ink

Dimensions15 1/2 × 11 9/16 in.

Credit LineMary Petty and Alan Dunn Bequest

Object number1972.620

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"I am not angry. I am hurt, Mr. Chuzzlewit."

"I am not angry. I am hurt, Mr. Chuzzlewit."

Mary Petty

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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

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"But the words she spoke of Mrs. Harris, lambs could not forgive... nor worms forget!"

"But the words she spoke of Mrs. Harris, lambs could not forgive... nor worms forget!"

Mary Petty

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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

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"Before pronouncing sentence, may I say my salary is $27,500 a year and my total personal assets amount to $88,726.42. The court will now proceed...."

"Before pronouncing sentence, may I say my salary is $27,500 a year and my total personal assets amount to $88,726.42. The court will now proceed...."

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"Mr. Neely, Mrs. Ives wants her bananas now."

"Mr. Neely, Mrs. Ives wants her bananas now."

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"Which one is the love potion?"

"Which one is the love potion?"

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"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."

"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."

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