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D5459 - George Murgatroyd Woodward (1767-1809), cartoonist - [c1780]-1840
- 2 - Prints by Woodward (Dated) - 1785-1812

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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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