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A crowded street in London. Coloured etching by G. Cruikshank, 1812.

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.

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.

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.

A "Hottentot" woman with prominent buttocks. Watercolour painting.

Sara Baartman and the Hottentot Venus : a ghost story and a biography / Clifton Crais & Pamela Scully.

The Hottentot Venus : the life and death of Saartjie Baartman : born 1789 - buried 2002 / Rachel Holmes.

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A "Hottentot" woman with prominent buttocks. Watercolour painting.

A crowded street in London. Coloured etching by G. Cruikshank, 1812.

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.

Sara Baartman and the Hottentot Venus : a ghost story and a biography / Clifton Crais & Pamela Scully.

The Hottentot Venus : the life and death of Saartjie Baartman : born 1789 - buried 2002 / Rachel Holmes.