"Rubbish! Lots of children are unwanted-your father and I didn't want you."

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"Rubbish! Lots of children are unwanted-your father and I didn't want you."

Artist Mary Petty (American, 1899 - 1976)

Date1936

ClassificationsCartoon

Mediumcrayon ink pencil

DimensionsObject: 15 9/16 × 11 3/4 in. (39.5 × 29.8 cm)

Credit LineMary Petty and Alan Dunn Bequest

Object number1969.955

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"I can tell better where to put your hips when you tell me where you want your waist."

"I can tell better where to put your hips when you tell me where you want your waist."

Mary Petty

1929

"I'd like to marry you, Miss Ella. Do you think your father would be willing to talk turkey with me sometime?"

"I'd like to marry you, Miss Ella. Do you think your father would be willing to talk turkey with me sometime?"

Mary Petty

1933

"And I want each of you to promise me one thing..."

"And I want each of you to promise me one thing..."

Mary Petty

1927

"You didn't need to have bought me a birthday present, beloved. I would have understood."

"You didn't need to have bought me a birthday present, beloved. I would have understood."

Mary Petty

1930

"Then his father paid me ten thousand dollars never to see him again. It sort of gives you back your faith in men, don't it?"

"Then his father paid me ten thousand dollars never to see him again. It sort of gives you back your faith in men, don't it?"

Mary Petty

1931

"But I want you to have it!"

"But I want you to have it!"

Mary Petty

1937

"I want Miss Moak to look at you, M'am. Miss Moak is our trouble- shooter."

"I want Miss Moak to look at you, M'am. Miss Moak is our trouble- shooter."

Mary Petty

1936

"It's simply a question of geography whether I marry you or not. Do I want to live in Cleveland?"

"It's simply a question of geography whether I marry you or not. Do I want to live in Cleveland?"

Mary Petty

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"In the name of the Father, and of the Sone, and of the Holy Ghost, I baptize thee Lupe Marlene."

"In the name of the Father, and of the Sone, and of the Holy Ghost, I baptize thee Lupe Marlene."

Mary Petty

1939

"I want a book on the diseases of a dog, and my sister wants a book on the diseases of a cat."

"I want a book on the diseases of a dog, and my sister wants a book on the diseases of a cat."

Mary Petty

1937

"Somehow I didn't connect with his world of experience -", "Why not start the day with a degreaser.", "That's a lot to ask from royal jelly.", "And who did I see coming out of Slenderella."

"Somehow I didn't connect with his world of experience -", "Why not start the day with a degreaser.", "That's a lot to ask from royal jelly.", "And who did I see coming out of Slenderella."

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1960

"It's a hat that can take a lot of punishment."

"It's a hat that can take a lot of punishment."

Mary Petty

1935

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