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"I'll take a 'Love Nest' please."
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"I'll take a 'Love Nest' please."

Artist Alan Dunn (American, 1900 - 1974)
Date1927
ClassificationsCartoon
Mediumcrayon
DimensionsObject: 13 × 8 9/16 in. (33 × 21.7 cm) Sheet: 13 × 8 9/16 in. (33 × 21.7 cm)
Credit LineMary Petty and Alan Dunn Bequest
Object number1979.1678
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"Oh, please, please, Dad, give me a church wedding! I'll pay for anything I break out of my allance."
"Oh, please, please, Dad, give me a church wedding! I'll pay for anything I break out of my allance."
Alan Dunn
1930
"The name "Love Nest" is your guarantee, Ma'am."
"The name "Love Nest" is your guarantee, Ma'am."
Alan Dunn
1931
"Miss Willard, take a poem, please."
"Miss Willard, take a poem, please."
Alan Dunn
1930
"Madame desires dors d'oeuvers, potage julienne, turbot genevoise, filet de boeuf sauce madere, poularde du mans truffe, asperges au beurre, celeri au jus, mousse aux fraises and cafe filtre. I'll take a vegetable dinner."
"Madame desires dors d'oeuvers, potage julienne, turbot genevoise, filet de boeuf sauce madere, poularde du mans truffe, asperges au beurre, celeri au jus, mousse aux fraises and cafe filtre. I'll take a vegetable dinner."
Alan Dunn
1927
"You poor dear! Did you think I didn't love you enough to take an interest in fixing you up?"
"You poor dear! Did you think I didn't love you enough to take an interest in fixing you up?"
Alan Dunn
1933
No caption (gardener putting seeds in bird's nest)
No caption (gardener putting seeds in bird's nest)
Alan Dunn
1949
No caption (birds building nest in siren)
No caption (birds building nest in siren)
Alan Dunn
1944
No caption (nest building)
No caption (nest building)
Alan Dunn
1947
“May I see you alone, please?”
“May I see you alone, please?”
Alan Dunn
1929
“Please, Mr. President!”
“Please, Mr. President!”
Alan Dunn
1962
"Please don't send me no more packages unless I have asked for them."
"Please don't send me no more packages unless I have asked for them."
Alan Dunn
1942
"I want my name left out of this, please."
"I want my name left out of this, please."
Alan Dunn
1933
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