The Farmer's Wife and the Raven; George Stubbs; 1724-1806; British; after George Stubbs; 1724-1806; British; 1788; Etching with roulette and rocker work; first state; Sheet: 20 1/2 x 27 3/8in. (52 x 69.6cm); 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