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Lord Grenville, Prime Minister and leader of the Broad Bottoms faction, meets Sarah Baartman, the "Hottentot Venus": on account of their similar body-mass, a dynastic marriage is considered. Coloured etching attributed to W. Heath, 1810.
Heath, William, 1795-1840.Date: 15 of Nov. [1810]Reference: 33012i- Ephemera
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Just arrived from London, and, by permission, will be exhibited here for a few days at Mr. James's Sale Rooms, corner of Lord-street : that most wonderful phenomenom of nature, the Hottentot Venus : the only one ever exhibited in Europe.
Date: [1810]- Pictures
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A "Hottentot" woman with prominent buttocks. Watercolour painting.
Reference: 3096i- Books
Black Venus, 2010 : they called her "Hottentot" / edited by Deborah Willis ; with research assistance by Carla Williams.
Date: 2010- Books
The Hottentot Venus : the life and death of Saartjie Baartman : born 1789 - buried 2002 / Rachel Holmes.
Holmes, Rachel.Date: 2007- Pictures
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A crowded street in London. Coloured etching by G. Cruikshank, 1812.
Cruikshank, George, 1792-1878.Date: [1812]Reference: 38476i- Pictures
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Gyri of the brain: three figures, one of a European, one of the "Hottentot Venus", and one of an African Bushwoman. Lithograph by E.M. Williams after H. Watkins, 1864.
Marshall, John, 1818-1891.Date: [1864]Reference: 642782i- Books
Sara Baartman and the Hottentot Venus : a ghost story and a biography / Clifton Crais & Pamela Scully.
Crais, Clifton C.Date: [2009], ©2009- Archives and manuscripts
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Francois Peron and Charles-Alexandre Lesueur, "Observations sur le Tablier des femmes Hottentotes"
Péron , François Auguste (1775-1810), French naturalist and explorerDate: 1805Reference: MS.8839- Pictures
An Italian bandit offering a French gentleman the piebald one of three 'hottentot' (steatopygous) women; representing Louis Sambon and Raphael Blanchard at an international medical congress. Halftone after M.S. Orr, 1913.
Orr, Monro S.Date: 1913Reference: 15801i