"Please don't bite your nails, dear. You're all I have left."

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"Please don't bite your nails, dear. You're all I have left."

Artist Mary Petty (American, 1899 - 1976)

Date1931

ClassificationsCartoon

Mediumink crayon

DimensionsObject: 12 3/8 × 13 11/16 in. (31.5 × 34.8 cm) Sheet: 12 3/8 × 13 11/16 in. (31.5 × 34.8 cm)

Credit LineMary Petty and Alan Dunn Bequest

Object number1986.255

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"I think you're just in time, sir, to work in your story about Berry Wall and the hack-driver."

"I think you're just in time, sir, to work in your story about Berry Wall and the hack-driver."

Mary Petty

1939

"I don't say I don't like it, my dear, even if you do look kind of buttony."

"I don't say I don't like it, my dear, even if you do look kind of buttony."

Mary Petty

1933

"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

"Go right on with your Fourth Dynasty, dear - I just dropped down to say Happy New Year."

"Go right on with your Fourth Dynasty, dear - I just dropped down to say Happy New Year."

Mary Petty

1955

88. The Unwashed. Black is your face,/ Black is your skin, your nails;/ Black is your very soul,/ Because you never bathe.

88. The Unwashed. Black is your face,/ Black is your skin, your nails;/ Black is your very soul,/ Because you never bathe.

José Guadalupe Posada

1947

"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

"You know what you're getting into, don't you? A million men are idle right now in this country."

"You know what you're getting into, don't you? A million men are idle right now in this country."

Mary Petty

1930

"I was talking to the soda clerk about it, Leonard, and he says maybe you and I don't have enough interests."

"I was talking to the soda clerk about it, Leonard, and he says maybe you and I don't have enough interests."

Mary Petty

1929

"After all, you're going to wear gloves."

"After all, you're going to wear gloves."

Mary Petty

1939

"Never mind, Drummond-we've decided to grab a bite on the way."

"Never mind, Drummond-we've decided to grab a bite on the way."

Mary Petty

1939

"Come, come, Prince, Mrs. Pittinger isn't going to bite you."

"Come, come, Prince, Mrs. Pittinger isn't going to bite you."

Mary Petty

1933

"The trouble is, Madam, most women pay so little attention to nail health."

"The trouble is, Madam, most women pay so little attention to nail health."

Mary Petty

1928

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