The Mother, the Nurse and the Fairy

The Mother, the Nurse and the Fairy. A sprite stands on a baby's cradle in a bedroom. The nanny fears the baby has been swapped for a foolish changeling. Copperplate engraving by Wilson after an illustration by William Kent from Fables by John Gay, with a Life of the Author, John Stockdale, London, 1793

1793 Aesop Book Illustration Canopy Changeling Cradle Fable Fables Fool Hearth John Gay John Stockdale Life Of The Author Mantlepiece Moral Nanny Sprite Stipple Superstition Swapped William Kent

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