The Spaniel and the Chameleon. The reptile reveals to the fawning dog that he was once a courtier who flattered and lied like him, and was transformed by Jove into a lizard. Copperplate engraving by William Skelton 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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