The Bear in a Boat. An arrogant bear boards a sailboat and runs aground near a castle. A monkey, dog, cow, goose, mouse and other animals laugh from the shore. Copperplate engraving by Wilson 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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