The Cur, the Horse and the Shepherd's Dog. A pad horse kicks a snapping cur on a village road. A sheepdog gloats as it dies. Village with thatched cottage, well and bucket, toll road with gates. Copperplate engraving by Wilson 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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