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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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Winstanley, Hamlet, 1698–1756
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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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brown wash
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laid paper
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wove paper
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pens
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graphite
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gray wash
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pen
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watercolor
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black ink
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squaring (transferring technique)
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religious and mythological subject
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architectural subject
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figure study
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genre subject
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religious and mythological subject
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architectural subject
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fantasy
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Ovid's Metamorphoses
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basket
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cloth
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clouds
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columns
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crow (animal)
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gods
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man
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woman
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Acacia
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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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Ionic
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New Testament
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adoration of the kings: the Wise Men present their gifts to the Christ-child (gold, frankincense and myrrh)
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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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Herse, figure in Greek mythology, daughter of Cecrops, sister to Aglauros and Pandrosos
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Jesus
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Joseph
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Mary
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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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Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
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unknown artist
The Arrival of Prince Frederick from Hanover in 1728?
ca. 1728
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Thomas Carwitham, active 1723
Illustration to Homer's Iliad
1723
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Thomas Carwitham, active 1723
Neptune and Coronis: Ovid, Metamorphoses, Book 2
1723
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Hamlet Winstanley, 1698–1756
The Adoration
1723
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Thomas Carwitham, active 1723
Figure studies
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
The Daughters of Cecrops discover Ericthonius: Ovid, Metamorphoses, Book 2
1723
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Thomas Carwitham, active 1723
Design for a Ceiling Decoration
1723
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John Devoto, active 1708–1752
A Capriccio
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John Devoto, active 1708–1752
A ruin fantasy
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John Devoto, active 1708–1752
An architectural fantasy
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John Devoto, active 1708–1752
Monument: Peace seated upon an urn, a man with drawn sword standing on the base of the monument
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