The Farmer's Wife and the Raven; George Stubbs; 1724-1806; British; 1786; beeswax and oil on millboard; Support (PTG): 26 1/2 x 38 1/2 inches (67.3 x 97.8 cm); basket; bird; broken; costume; dream; eggs; farmer; Fifty-one Fables in Verse or Fables of John Gay (1727; Part the Second 1738); frightened; genre subject; gesture; horse (animal); landscape; literary theme; literature; raven; wife; willow; woman