A Hint. "Really, I'd be happy if I were thin!" "Well, my dear, the pursuit of happiness sometimes means a lot of exercise!"

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A Hint. "Really, I'd be happy if I were thin!" "Well, my dear, the pursuit of happiness sometimes means a lot of exercise!"
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A Hint. "Really, I'd be happy if I were thin!" "Well, my dear, the pursuit of happiness sometimes means a lot of exercise!"

Date1901
Illustration CitationPuck, December 25, 1901
MediumInk and gouache on paper
Dimensions19 7/8 × 24 in. (50.5 × 61 cm)
Credit LineF. V. du Pont Acquisition Fund, 1986
Object number1986-44
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Not on view
Label TextAn Australian by birth, Nankivell moved to New York in 1896 as his career as an illustrator and poster designer thrived. This comic drawing illulstrates a caustic remark by a slim and fashionable young woman to a more ample older lady.
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