The Mastiffs. Three dogs fighting in a village street, egged on by their owners, a tanner and butcher. Farm labourers, yokels and others watch the fight. The butcher's shop window in the background. Copperplate engraving by Cook 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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