cover: Marie-Guilhelmine Benoist, Portrait d'une négresse (detail), 1800

Hugh Honour. The Image of the Black in Western Art IV: From the American Revolution to World War I Part 2. Black Models and White Myths Houston: Menil Foundation, Inc., 1989. Format: Hardcover, 379pp. ISBN: 093959417X Selected Contents: II. The Art of Observation South Africa's "Savage Tribes" Selected Illustrations: Profile view of Saartjie Baartman, the "Hottentot Venus," 1815 Nicolas Huet le Jeune Frontal view of Saartjie Baartman, the "Hottentot Venus," 1815 Leon de Wailly Go Back to Library. Go Back to Venus Bibliography.