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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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.