The Vulture, the Sparrow and Other Birds. A vulture holds court in a tree above subservient hawks, daws, roosters, and magpies. A sparrow hides in a hedge. Copperplate engraving by William Skelton 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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