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"May I have some more spinach, Mrs. Argyll?"
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"May I have some more spinach, Mrs. Argyll?"

Alternate Titles
  • New Yorker, March 17, 1934
Artist Mary Petty (American, 1899 - 1976)
Date1934
ClassificationsCartoon
MediumCrayon and ink
Dimensions10 1/4 × 10 7/16 in.
Credit LineMary Petty and Alan Dunn Bequest
Object number1969.997
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"And all the time I thought I had some quality that would keep Mr. Richardson at bay."
"And all the time I thought I had some quality that would keep Mr. Richardson at bay."
Mary Petty
1932
"I'll wait for him one more year. I keep telling myself he may be having engine trouble somewhere."
"I'll wait for him one more year. I keep telling myself he may be having engine trouble somewhere."
Mary Petty
1939
"I hear Mrs. Hargreaves has given up her brownstone front."
"I hear Mrs. Hargreaves has given up her brownstone front."
Mary Petty
1932
"Eat your spinach, Mamma!"
"Eat your spinach, Mamma!"
Mary Petty
1931
"Mr. Neely, Mrs. Ives wants her bananas now."
"Mr. Neely, Mrs. Ives wants her bananas now."
Mary Petty
1939
"Why don't you love Mr. Goring any more, Irene?"
"Why don't you love Mr. Goring any more, Irene?"
Mary Petty
1933
"Agnes called to say that dear old Mrs. Pulsifer passed away at ten this morning and that maybe we could get her apartment."
"Agnes called to say that dear old Mrs. Pulsifer passed away at ten this morning and that maybe we could get her apartment."
Mary Petty
1944
"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
"Mrs. Cox, this is my first-born."
"Mrs. Cox, this is my first-born."
Mary Petty
1929
"Her husband has been delirious for days. He keeps calling for a Mrs. Hatfield."
"Her husband has been delirious for days. He keeps calling for a Mrs. Hatfield."
Mary Petty
1936
"Eat your spinach, Mamma!"
"Eat your spinach, Mamma!"
Mary Petty
n.d.
"After all, Roderick, I figure we're put here on earth for some very good reason."
"After all, Roderick, I figure we're put here on earth for some very good reason."
Mary Petty
1940
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