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Carwitham, Thomas, active 1723
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Devoto, John, active 1708–1752
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Thornhill, James, Sir, 1675–1734
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Drawings & Watercolors
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male
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unknown
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18th century
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brown ink
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laid paper
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religious and mythological subject
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figure study
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religious and mythological subject
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Ovid's Metamorphoses
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columns
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stairs
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Coronis changed into a crow: to escape the love of Neptune, Coronis, daughter of Coroneus, is changed into a crow by Minerva (Ovid, Metamorphoses II 569)
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Erichthonius, hidden in a basket, is handed over by Minerva to Aglauros and her sisters (Cecrops' daughters) to be taken care of
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Iliad
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Old Testament
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angels
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Aglaurus, Athenian princess, one of the three daughters of Cecrops, sister to Herse and Pandrosos
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Anna, Tobit's wife, and Tobias' mother
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Coronis
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Erichthonius, legendary early ruler of ancient Athens
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Gabriel (Archangel)
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Herse, figure in Greek mythology, daughter of Cecrops, sister to Aglauros and Pandrosos
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Minerva
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Neptune
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Pandrosos, one of the three daughters of Cecrops, the first king of Athens, sister to Aglauros and Herse
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Raphael (Archangel)
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Tobias, son of Tobit and Anna
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Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
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Yale Center for British Art, Bequest of Joseph F. McCrindle, Yale LLB 1948
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The Arrival of Prince Frederick from Hanover in 1728?
ca. 1728
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Thomas Carwitham, active 1723
Figure studies
1723
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Thomas Carwitham, active 1723
Neptune and Coronis: Ovid, Metamorphoses, Book 2
1723
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Thomas Carwitham, active 1723
Illustration to Homer's Iliad
1723
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Thomas Carwitham, active 1723
The Daughters of Cecrops discover Ericthonius: Ovid, Metamorphoses, Book 2
1723
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Thomas Carwitham, active 1723
Anna lamenting the absence of Tobias (Tobit 10:7)
1723
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Thomas Carwitham, active 1723
Raphael receiving the money of Tobias from Gabael: Tobit 9:5
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John Devoto, active 1708–1752
A ruin fantasy
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John Devoto, active 1708–1752
A Capriccio
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