Five Wives at a Time or an Irishman Taken In A man talks to a friend about his many wives. The two men, on the left, are both seated. One, holding his hat and stick asks: "Why Jack you terrible Turk I could not believe it if I had not seen it - Five Wives at once - why you will get yourself into a pretty scrape! What could induce you to commit such a rash action!". His friend, fashionably dressed and wearing hessian boots, replies: "Why you must know Uncle - out of so many I was in hopes to have met with a Good one - but by St Patrick - I have been taken in!!" On the right are the wives. Four are seated at a table, three playing cards, and one reading a sentimental novel and crying. Behind them, the fifth is seen emptying her glass. Jun 1807