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"We brought back a perfect jewel of a maid from the West Indies."
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"We brought back a perfect jewel of a maid from the West Indies."

Alternate Titles
  • The New Yorker, April 30, 1938, page 16
Artist Mary Petty (American, 1899 - 1976)
Date1938
CultureAmerican
ClassificationsCartoon
MediumPencil and ink
Dimensions16 9/16 × 12 5/16 in.
Credit LineMary Petty and Alan Dunn Bequest
Keyword/Subject
  • labor
  • illustration
  • women
Object number1969.953
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Fishermen, Grand Cayman, British West Indies
Fishermen, Grand Cayman, British West Indies
Mark Rice
1974
"She's a perfect Jewel. She doesn't at all mind our having cocktails as long as we don't dawdle over them."
"She's a perfect Jewel. She doesn't at all mind our having cocktails as long as we don't dawdle over them."
Alan Dunn
1944
No caption (choosing jewels from safe)
No caption (choosing jewels from safe)
Mary Petty
1954
"I've already told Lizzie we're enjoying perfect weather. Why don't you tell her we're having the time of our lives?"
"I've already told Lizzie we're enjoying perfect weather. Why don't you tell her we're having the time of our lives?"
Mary Petty
1930
[A maid and a cook]
[A maid and a cook]
Mary Petty
no date
No caption (Two maids and a man on stairs)
No caption (Two maids and a man on stairs)
Mary Petty
No caption (Woman and her maid by mirror)
No caption (Woman and her maid by mirror)
Mary Petty
"We'd like a copy of ‘Now We Are Six’."
"We'd like a copy of ‘Now We Are Six’."
Mary Petty
1928
Green and Greene (Family and maids watching glider)
Green and Greene (Family and maids watching glider)
Mary Petty
1954
Organic Architecture-Frank Lloyd Wright (maids vacuuming)
Organic Architecture-Frank Lloyd Wright (maids vacuuming)
Mary Petty
1954
Low-Life "Modern" (maid scrubbing sunken bathtub)
Low-Life "Modern" (maid scrubbing sunken bathtub)
Mary Petty
1954
"I just heard Herbert say 'Ergo'. That means if we don't do something we won't get out of here till two o'clock."
"I just heard Herbert say 'Ergo'. That means if we don't do something we won't get out of here till two o'clock."
Mary Petty
1936
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