ÉTIENNE GEOFFROY SAINT-HILAIRE y DE WAILLEY. Femme de race Bochismann'. This plate apparently is an image of Sara (Saartjie) Baartman (1789-1815), a Khoisan who was brought over from South Africa to be put on public display in Piccadilly under the title of the 'Hottentot Venus' because of what was described as 'the enormous size of her posterior parts'. . Histoire Naturelle des Mammifères ... Paris, 1824 - 1857. Source: 1257.l.4, opposite 1. Language: French.
Femme de race Bochismann'. This plate apparently is an image of Sara (Saartjie) Baartman (1789-1815), a Khoisan who was brought over from South Africa to be put on public display in Piccadilly under the title of the 'Hottentot Venus' because of what was described as 'the enormous size of her posterior parts'. . Histoire Naturelle des Mammifères ... Paris, 1824 - 1857. Source: 1257.l.4, opposite 1. Language: French.