The Ravens, the Sexton and the Earth-Worm

The Ravens, the Sexton and the Earth-Worm. A gravedigger stands with a shovel next to a tomb with a stone effigy in a churchyard. A skull and worm in the excavated earth. Copperplate engraving by William Blake after an illustration by Hubert Francois Bourguignon Gravelot from Fables by John Gay, with a Life of the Author, John Stockdale, London, 1793

1793 Aesop Book Illustration Churchyard Effigy Excavated Fable Fables Gravedigger Hubert François Bourguignon Gravelot John Gay John Stockdale Life Of The Author Moral Mortality Ravens Shovel Stipple William Blake Worm

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