The Courtier and Proteus. A wily courtier meets the shape-shifting Greek god Proteus at the shore. Two sheep frolic in the sea. Copperplate engraving by Wilson after an illustration by William Kent from Fables by John Gay, with a Life of the Author, John Stockdale, London, 1793.

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