Ceres and Abas: Ovid, Metamorphoses, Book 5, Thomas Carwitham, active 1723, British, ca. 1723, Pen and brown ink and brown wash on medium, slightly textured, beige laid paper, mounted on moderately thick, slightly textured, beige laid paper, Mount: 5 11/16 x 8 3/4 inches (14.5 x 22.2 cm) and Sheet: 4 9/16 x 7 5/8 inches (11.6 x 19.3 cm), 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), building, child, figures, literary theme, nude, Ovid's Metamorphoses, religious and mythological subject