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Neptune and Coronis: Ovid, Metamorphoses, Book 2, Thomas Carwitham, active 1723, British, 1723, Pen, ink and brown wash on medium, slightly textured, beige laid paper, mounted to medium, slightly textured white wove paper, Sheet: 6 7/16 x 7 1/2in. (16.4 x 19.1cm), 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), crow (animal), gods, metamorphosis (biological event), Ovid's Metamorphoses, pitchfork, religious and mythological subject