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

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

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
Artist (American, born in Australia, engraver and printer, 1869–1959)
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
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsDRAWING
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.
IMLS Logo