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"Please, dear! You were whistling. Don't make life any harder."
"Please, dear! You were whistling. Don't make life any harder."

"Please, dear! You were whistling. Don't make life any harder."

Artist (American, 1900 - 1974)
Date1930
ClassificationsCartoon
Mediumcrayon
DimensionsObject: 14 5/16 × 11 1/16 in. (36.3 × 28.1 cm) Sheet: 14 5/16 × 11 1/16 in. (36.3 × 28.1 cm)
Credit LineMary Petty and Alan Dunn Bequest
Object number1979.1785
"Oh, dear, we're just on our way out. I'm terribly sorry. I don't know any eight people we'd rather have seen."
"Oh, dear, we're just on our way out. I'm terribly sorry. I don't know any eight people we'd rather have seen."
Alan Dunn
1946
"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
"Please dear - I know all about it's being Flag Day, but don't drink anymore!"
"Please dear - I know all about it's being Flag Day, but don't drink anymore!"
Alan Dunn
1930
"But isn't it rather peremptory to say, 'Don't leave any more milk until further notice'? It sounds so imperious. And there's 'Dear sir...'-No, that isn't right either..."
"But isn't it rather peremptory to say, 'Don't leave any more milk until further notice'? It sounds so imperious. And there's 'Dear sir...'-No, that isn't right either..."
Alan Dunn
1948
"But isn't it rather peremptory to say, 'Don't leave any more milk until further notice'? It sounds so imperious. And there's 'Dear sir...'-No, that isn't right either..."
"But isn't it rather peremptory to say, 'Don't leave any more milk until further notice'? It sounds so imperious. And there's 'Dear sir...'-No, that isn't right either..."
Alan Dunn
1948
"Please, darling - don't make mother conspicuous!"
"Please, darling - don't make mother conspicuous!"
Kindl (Alan Dunn)
1929
"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
[pub- "Irving, dear,..."] "I'm getting sick of this 'being ourselves' life we're leading. It's too artificial for words."
[pub- "Irving, dear,..."] "I'm getting sick of this 'being ourselves' life we're leading. It's too artificial for words."
Alan Dunn
1928
"You mustn't send me any more flowers, Mr. Buckley. We're just playing with fire, you know."
"You mustn't send me any more flowers, Mr. Buckley. We're just playing with fire, you know."
Alan Dunn
1932
"Oh, Please! Two tickets for 'Jesus Christ Superstar', just to help make Christmas Christmas."
"Oh, Please! Two tickets for 'Jesus Christ Superstar', just to help make Christmas Christmas."
Alan Dunn
1971
"Lady, would you mind turning down that radio?", "Do you think city life makes us neurotic?"
"Lady, would you mind turning down that radio?", "Do you think city life makes us neurotic?"
Alan Dunn
1948