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"Heavens! - I don't know. What would you do if you were her?"
"Heavens! - I don't know. What would you do if you were her?"

"Heavens! - I don't know. What would you do if you were her?"

Artist (American, 1900 - 1974)
Date1927
ClassificationsCartoon
Mediumcrayon
DimensionsObject: 7 3/4 × 9 13/16 in. (19.7 × 25 cm) Sheet: 7 3/4 × 9 13/16 in. (19.7 × 25 cm)
Credit LineMary Petty and Alan Dunn Bequest
Object number1979.1718
"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
"For heaven's sakes, if you'll only read that note I handed you, you'll find it's a simple request for a statement of account!"
"For heaven's sakes, if you'll only read that note I handed you, you'll find it's a simple request for a statement of account!"
Alan Dunn
1959
"For heaven's sakes, if you'll only read that note I handed you, you'll find it's a simple request for a statement of account!"
"For heaven's sakes, if you'll only read that note I handed you, you'll find it's a simple request for a statement of account!"
Alan Dunn
1959
"You'd never know you were in New York, would you?"
"You'd never know you were in New York, would you?"
Alan Dunn
1963
"Really! What I don't know about history would fill a library!"
"Really! What I don't know about history would fill a library!"
Alan Dunn
1967
"Dear Heavens, Eldred, do be careful! This is Mother's Day."
"Dear Heavens, Eldred, do be careful! This is Mother's Day."
Alan Dunn
1927
"You can do what you want, but I'm socking mine away in gilt-edged securities. Crime waves don't last forever."
"You can do what you want, but I'm socking mine away in gilt-edged securities. Crime waves don't last forever."
Alan Dunn
1946
"For Heaven's sake don't get the idea I've never been kissed."
"For Heaven's sake don't get the idea I've never been kissed."
Alan Dunn
1931
"Now, for heaven's sake don't mumble!"
"Now, for heaven's sake don't mumble!"
Alan Dunn
1939
"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
"I assure you, Madam, if any such creatures as you describe really existed, we would be the first to know about it."
"I assure you, Madam, if any such creatures as you describe really existed, we would be the first to know about it."
Alan Dunn
c 1966