The Countryman and Jupiter. A tired peasant leans on a shovel and complains to the Greek god Jove about his situation. Jove shows him visions of a miser and corrupt minister. Copperplate engraving by Lovegrove after an illustration by Hubert Francois Bourguignon Gravelot from Fables by John Gay, with a Life of the Author, John Stockdale, London, 1793.

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