The Scold and the Parrot. A husband and wife argue in a room with various pets including a barking dog, a screaming monkey, a squawking magpie, a cat and a talking parrot perched on a cage. Copperplate engraving by Philip Audinet 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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