The Sick Man and the Angel. A dying man lies in a canopied bed pleading with an angel. The angel chides him for his greed and points to his treasure chest. Copperplate engraving by William Skelton after an illustration by John Wootton from Fables by John Gay, with a Life of the Author, John Stockdale, London, 1793.

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