Les Curieux en extase
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Les Curieux en extase, ou les cordons de souliers[1] (1815, English: "The curious in ecstasy or shoelaces") is an engraving of Saartjie Baartman. It depicts Europeans who stand around her and say: "Oh! quel rosbif," "Ah! que la nature est drôle," "Quelle étrange beauté" and "A quelque chose malheur est bon."
In the words of the British Museum it is a:
- "Satire of the Hottentot Venus (Saartjie Baartman) exhibited in Paris naked except for a loin-cloth, with two Scots soldiers in kilts, a young Parisienne and a well-dressed gentleman admiring her from different angles. September 1815 Hand-coloured etching"
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