Mexican Indians, [1789-1794]

https://hispana.mcu.es/lod/oai:larramendi.es:15248#ent5 · 1789

Summary: Unfinished drawing in which a family is represented. The man figures standing and facing the spectator, dressed in pants that fit the knee, a shirt, the cotona and round hat. To his right a woman in walking attitude transports her son to the back, holding him with the rebound that is knotted to the chest. It can be both an indigenous and a half-breed family that lives on horseback between the habits of one and another community constituting, apart from the slaves, the lowest estament of society. Performed during the Malaspina expedition, which took place between 1789 and 1794. Commander Alejandro Malaspina lead the expedition organized by the Spanish crown to tour his American possessions, according to a plan presented by the sailor himself. The material gathered is scattered in different institutions of Spain, England, Argentina and Chile. It is attributed to Felipe Bauzá, in charge of the drawing and director of letters and drawings of the expedition.