Box LTFBOX/MYERS Box 2

Scope and contents Shows the central figure of a courtesan, with bare breasts, waves of long red hair, a sunflower and the figure of Foxy curled between them. Above the figure are scenes of Mount Vesuvius erupting, and around the figure are sailing boats, views of Il Porto with animals depicted including Ruby the pig, dogs, hen and chicks and eels swimming in the water below. Described by Gianni Menichetti in 'Notes about Vali's drawings in this book' (YMS 16336, Box 6/3): The ancient city of...

Scope and contents Shows the face of a woman with red wavy hair and a tiger lily in her hair, looking down over the Valley of Il Porto, Galli island and the sea, with the towering cliffs and scenes of Il Porto with tiny figures of animals and people.Described by Gianni Menichetti in 'Notes about Vali's drawings in this book' (YMS 16336, Box 6/3): It started as: 'Death of a Tiger Lily', and Vali left it alone...for many years. The tiger lily was one of Vali's favourite flowers and she used to wear...

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Circular image showing the face of a water spirit surrounded by green swirls and a pool of water below.

Described by Gianni Menichetti in 'Notes about Vali's drawings in this book (YMS 16336, Box 6/3): A face, maybe from the South Seas, a Water Spirit, with a toad-crown. Vali made this drawing in a year of drought when they took many springs away from the Valley.

Scope and contents Shows a central figure of a woman with a tattooed face and flowing red hair and bare breasts. Her hand is raised. Above her is a whale hunting scene with the whale hunters harpooning the great white whale, with blood pouring from its wounds into the swirling sea.Described by Gianni Menichetti in 'Notes about Vali's drawings in this book' (YMS 16336 Box 6/3): One of Vali's many extraordinary whale-hunting 'Moby Dick' scenes. Nikivik, the Under-the-Sea-Goddess of the Eskimo people,...

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Shows the figure of a woman with long red hair with a large pig in the centre and a scene of Il Porto with tiny figures of animals on the left of the figure.

Scope and contents Shows the figure of a swooning woman with long flowing red hair, above her is the church and sanctuary of the Madonna Dell'Arco near Naples, the volcano of Mount Vesuvius and the boats in the Bay of Naples. The drawing depicts the festival and pilgrimage of Madonna Dell'Arco.Described by Gianni Menichetti in 'Notes about Vali's drawings in this book' (YMS 16336, Box 6/3): For the yearly festival of Madonna dell'Arco, near Naples, on Easter Monday huge crowds of people come from...

Scope and contents Shows a portrait of a woman with red hair wearing decorative earrings and surrounded by 3 toads in the bottom corners and above her face. Ann White (1771-1820) was transported to Australia for stealing four yards of printed cotton, arriving in Sydney in 1790. Described by Gianni Menichetti in 'Notes about Vali's drawings in this book' (YMS 16336, Box 6/3): Vali's imaginary portrait of her ancestor, Ann White, a convict sent to Australia, where she arrived in 1790. She met up with...

Scope and contents Shows the faces of two gypsies, a man and woman and the face of a goat. There is a group of dogs above them, and below there are boats on the Bay of Naples. A red and orange border, perhaps from Mount Vesuvious surrounds them. The name 'Anna' is formed into the woman's hair lower right and she is wearing a flower in her hair.On the reverse of this drawing is a loose pencil sketch of two faces at H2019.292/19A. There are notes in pencil: 1 small, 5 new normal, 21 normal, Jezebel,...

Scope and contents Shows an oval image with the crowned figure of the Madonna on the left and the devil on the right. Described by Gianni Menichetti in 'Notes about Vali's drawings in this book' (YMS 16336, Box 6/3): "In the village of Montepertuso, behind the high cliffs of Il Porto, the people yearly celebrate the festival of their Madonna with a great profusion of fireworks. It's the 'mystery' of the challenge between the Madonna and the Devil in cutting the archway in the cliff from which the...