Conjoined Twins.- Elliott (J.M., printer from new York, active 1830s) Siamese Twins. The United Brothers, Chang-Eng, exhibition advertisement, wood-engraving and letterpress, 305 x 185 mm. (12 x 7 1/4 in), under glass, minor surface toning to edges, framed, [ca 1831]. ⁂ Chang and Eng Bunker (1811-1874) retrospectively referred to as the "original Siamese twins", were born in Siam before travelling to America in 1829; following a trip to England, they were again in New York in 1831. 'Chang and Eng were two of the nineteenth century's most-studied human beings. Almost from the moment they stepped off the boat in Boston they were probed, pinched, pictured, and pondered by physicians and other scientists representing the spectrum of learned associations... [Robert Bogdan, 'Freak Show', 1990, p. 296].
Conjoined Twins.- Elliott (J.M., printer from new York, active 1830s) Siamese Twins. The United Brothers, Chang-Eng, exhibition advertisement, wood-engraving and letterpress, 305 x 185 mm. (12 x 7 1/4 in), under glass, minor surface toning to edges, framed, [ca 1831]. ⁂ Chang and Eng Bunker (1811-1874) retrospectively referred to as the "original Siamese twins", were born in Siam before travelling to America in 1829; following a trip to England, they were again in New York in 1831. 'Chang and Eng were two of the nineteenth century's most-studied human beings. Almost from the moment they stepped off the boat in Boston they were probed, pinched, pictured, and pondered by physicians and other scientists representing the spectrum of learned associations... [Robert Bogdan, 'Freak Show', 1990, p. 296].
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