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Carwitham, Thomas, active 1723
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Taverner, William, 1703–1772
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Ovid's Metamorphoses, Book V
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18th century
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laid paper
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brown ink
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religious and mythological subject
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religious and mythological subject
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Ascalabus (Stellio, Abas) changed into a lizard: Ceres changes the boy into a lizard as punishment for mocking her, when quenching her thirst too avidly (Ovid, Metamorphoses V 456)
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Ovid's Metamorphoses
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Ascalabus, son of Misme
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Ceres, Roman deity
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Diana
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Misme, mother of Ascalabus
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Yale Center for British Art, Bequest of Joseph F. McCrindle, Yale LLB 1948
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Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
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Thomas Carwitham, active 1723
Ceres and Abas: Ovid, Metamorphoses, Book 5
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William Taverner, 1703–1772
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