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| Archive Reference / Library Class No. | D5459/2/50 |
| Former Reference | D5459/2/76 |
| Title | Five Wives at a Time or an Irishman Taken In |
| Date | Jun 1807 |
| Description | 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.
Available on CD 163. |
| Level | Item |
| Repository | Derbyshire Record Office |
| Artist | Woodward, George Murgatroyd (?1765-1809) |
| Archive Creator | George Murgatroyd Woodward (1765-1809), artist and writer |
| Further Information | 24
London Pubd Augt 6th 1807 by Thos Tegg 111 Cheapside |
| Physical Description | Hand-coloured print. Size 343 x 245 mm. |
| Copies | A digital copy can also be viewed on the public computers at the record office. |
| Publication Note | BM Sat 11978 |
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