Michael,
I don't remember any drawings of Aborigines with such
conditions. Were you thinking of the painting of Queen
Goosberry when an old woman. She is leaning on a stick, and
I think she was blind in one eye.
Annie
Anne Bickford
Heritage Consultants
135 Catherine St. Leichhardt NSW 2040 Australia
Ph: 02/95699672  Fax: 02/95500261

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>From: Michael Westaway <[log in to unmask]>
>To: [log in to unmask]
>Subject: Re: scientific expeditions
>Date: Wed, 24 Oct 2001 7:31 AM
>

>Dear Annie
>
>By any chance did this Juan Ravenet character illustrate any
>Aboriginal people suffering from pathological condtions? I
once saw
>an early illustration of an Aboriginal woman from Sydney with a
>deformation of the spine and have since wondered who was
>responsible for the illustration.
>
>Thanks
>
>Michael Westaway
>Manager - Repatriation Section
>National Museum of Australia
>GPO Box 1901
>Canberra ACT Australia
>
>02 6208 5249
>0417 299 188
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>
>>>> [log in to unmask] 10/23/01 06:00pm >>>
>Ron,
>Your comment about Malaspina is very interesting as the
>expedition came here to Sydney in March 1793, and stayed for
>a month.
>The artist Juan Ravenet drew a portrait of a convict man and
>woman, and it is one of the very few portraits we have of a
>convict woman while still a convict, rather than later when
>freed. We have many more pictures of convict men. The
>expedition artists also drew portraits of Aborigines, and
>some townscapes.
>Annie
>Anne Bickford
>Heritage Consultants
>135 Catherine St. Leichhardt NSW 2040 Australia
>Ph: 02/95699672  Fax: 02/95500261
>
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>From: Ron May <[log in to unmask]>
>To: [log in to unmask]
>Subject: Re: scientific expeditions
>Date: Tue, 23 Oct 2001 3:40 PM
>
>
>Dont forget the Malaspina Expedition to the Northwest Coast
>during the 18th century. They sent biologists, artists,
>oceanographers, and cartographers who documented the
>expedition beautifully. i have a copy of Maria Dolores
>Higueras, 1991, NW COAST OF AMERICA, ICONOGRAPHIC ALBUM OF
>THE MALASPINA EXPEDITION, Museo Naval, Spain, which exhibits
>many of the artistic sketches of the land and people. I
>believe Donald Cutter, Professor Emeritus, Univiersity of
>New Mexico published an account of the expedition.
>
>Ron May
>Legacy 106, Inc.