Love and beauty--Sartjee the Hottentot Venus
Love and beauty--Sartjee the Hottentot Venus. Print shows Sarah Baartman, a South African woman known as the Hottentot Venus, mostly naked, holding a long pole and smoking a pipe. A cupid sits on her exaggerated derriere saying Take care of your hearts.. Date 1811. Love and beauty--Sartjee the Hottentot Venus. Print shows Sarah Baartman, a South African woman known as the Hottentot Venus, mostly naked, holding a long pole and smoking a pipe. A cupid sits on her exaggerated derriere saying Take care of your hearts.. Date 1811
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10602362
Media ID
47478283
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3823px x 5250px
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Credit
Mary Evans / Library of Congress
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