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"Steward, what is that creature doing in club water?"
"Steward, what is that creature doing in club water?"

"Steward, what is that creature doing in club water?"

Artist (American, 1900 - 1974)
Date1954
ClassificationsCartoon
Mediumcrayon ink
DimensionsObject: 10 7/8 × 13 3/8 in. (27.6 × 34 cm) Sheet: 10 7/8 × 13 3/8 in. (27.6 × 34 cm)
Credit LineMary Petty and Alan Dunn Bequest
Object number1979.1240
"So I said, 'Take your hands off me, Osprey you fish!' and that was all there was to that - ", "You must have led him on - that type doesn't make passes at just anybody - Just what were you doing with him on the terrace? You practically let him seduce you with those wolfish eyes - "
"So I said, 'Take your hands off me, Osprey you fish!' and that was all there was to that - ", "You must have led him on - that type doesn't make passes at just anybody - Just what were you doing with him on the terrace? You practically let him seduce you with those wolfish eyes - "
Alan Dunn
1948
"So I said, 'Take your hands off me, Osprey you fish!' and that was all there was to that - ", "You must have led him on - that type doesn't make passes at just anybody - Just what were you doing with him on the terrace? You practically let him seduce you with those wolfish eyes - "
"So I said, 'Take your hands off me, Osprey you fish!' and that was all there was to that - ", "You must have led him on - that type doesn't make passes at just anybody - Just what were you doing with him on the terrace? You practically let him seduce you with those wolfish eyes - "
Alan Dunn
1948
"You told her, Gus - Don't bore Sylvia and eat your potatoes! Naomi, I ought to warn you there's ice cream - wine, dear, Naomi and George have no wine - I must apologize about the plumbing - I do wish the neighbors wouldn't go to the john while I'm giving a dinner - more limas, dear? - Limas, Sylvia? - Gus, more limas? - Duffy, do go on about Perry and what were his rubbers doing in the ice box -."
"You told her, Gus - Don't bore Sylvia and eat your potatoes! Naomi, I ought to warn you there's ice cream - wine, dear, Naomi and George have no wine - I must apologize about the plumbing - I do wish the neighbors wouldn't go to the john while I'm giving a dinner - more limas, dear? - Limas, Sylvia? - Gus, more limas? - Duffy, do go on about Perry and what were his rubbers doing in the ice box -."
Alan Dunn
1948
"Your son, sir. He wants you to drop whatever you're doing and make a new world."
"Your son, sir. He wants you to drop whatever you're doing and make a new world."
Alan Dunn
1968
"It was built by the Emperor Shah Jahan as a memorial to his wife. I can just see Harry ever doing anything like that for me!"
"It was built by the Emperor Shah Jahan as a memorial to his wife. I can just see Harry ever doing anything like that for me!"
Alan Dunn
1958
No caption (woman doing laundry in back of trailer)
No caption (woman doing laundry in back of trailer)
Alan Dunn
1949
"I hate to think of doing this all my life. I always wanted to be a spy."
"I hate to think of doing this all my life. I always wanted to be a spy."
Alan Dunn
1932
"Well, I wouldn't be doing things like this if my husband were home. He always has to know the answer to everything."
"Well, I wouldn't be doing things like this if my husband were home. He always has to know the answer to everything."
Alan Dunn
1931
"You fool, you! That 'delivery man' you sent to the service entrance happened to be my Uncle Garth - a member of the Union Club, the Metropolitan, the Pig and Garter, director in 32 corporations, chairman of the board of the L.W.R. and B. and Honorary Whip of the Syosset Beagles!" [Well my fine - Mr. Keeper of the portal" added in pencil.]
"You fool, you! That 'delivery man' you sent to the service entrance happened to be my Uncle Garth - a member of the Union Club, the Metropolitan, the Pig and Garter, director in 32 corporations, chairman of the board of the L.W.R. and B. and Honorary Whip of the Syosset Beagles!" [Well my fine - Mr. Keeper of the portal" added in pencil.]
Alan Dunn
1948
"Have you heard of our Pen-of-the-Month Club? Every month we send you our judges choice of the latest ball-point pens."
"Have you heard of our Pen-of-the-Month Club? Every month we send you our judges choice of the latest ball-point pens."
Alan Dunn
1946
"What a deal out there, what a deal! House boys! Coolies! Anything you want, just snap your fingers."
"What a deal out there, what a deal! House boys! Coolies! Anything you want, just snap your fingers."
Alan Dunn
1949
"Oh, what do you care what a lot of bourgeois trades people in a building like this think! Tell 'em I'm your sponsor - anything."
"Oh, what do you care what a lot of bourgeois trades people in a building like this think! Tell 'em I'm your sponsor - anything."
Alan Dunn
1948