"He likes to think of himself as brittle."

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"He likes to think of himself as brittle."

Artist Mary Petty (American, 1899 - 1976)

Date1936

ClassificationsCartoon

Mediumcrayon ink

DimensionsObject: 13 9/16 × 11 in. (34.5 × 28 cm)

Credit LineMary Petty and Alan Dunn Bequest

Object number1969.985

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"He has no faults whatsoever to find with the administration, he approves the conduct of the war without reservations, he likes the OPA and the way they do things, he thinks the WPB and the OWI are O.K., he made out his income tax with no difficulty..."

"He has no faults whatsoever to find with the administration, he approves the conduct of the war without reservations, he likes the OPA and the way they do things, he thinks the WPB and the OWI are O.K., he made out his income tax with no difficulty..."

Alan Dunn

1944

"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

"She's not going to divorce him yet. She thinks he has another book in him."

"She's not going to divorce him yet. She thinks he has another book in him."

Mary Petty

1935

"Everything considered he preaches a remarkably good sermon. It's so hard to avoid offending people like us."

"Everything considered he preaches a remarkably good sermon. It's so hard to avoid offending people like us."

Mary Petty

1934

"She's not going to divorce him quite yet. She thinks he has another book in him."

"She's not going to divorce him quite yet. She thinks he has another book in him."

Mary Petty

n.d.

He Likes What He Sees

He Likes What He Sees

Frederic Whitaker

no date

"He figures that if he doen't pay the sales tax it'll save us book- keeping because he's on the dole and he'll just get it right back."

"He figures that if he doen't pay the sales tax it'll save us book- keeping because he's on the dole and he'll just get it right back."

Mary Petty

1935

"He's Harvard summa cum laude, of course. He has that to fight."

"He's Harvard summa cum laude, of course. He has that to fight."

Mary Petty

1938

"He still carries her bullet in his body. That's how he can tell when it's going to rain."

"He still carries her bullet in his body. That's how he can tell when it's going to rain."

Mary Petty

1937

"I think I smell mothballs."

"I think I smell mothballs."

Mary Petty

1939

"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 think of you as rather more the Home Guard type, Fred."

"I think of you as rather more the Home Guard type, Fred."

Mary Petty

1940

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