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Conjoined twins

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Images

  • Chang and Eng the Siamese twins, as old men. Aquatint.
  • Chang and Eng Bunker. Oil painting by Edouard-Henri-Théophile Pingret, 1836.
  • The zodiac man. Watercolour painting by a Persian artist.
  • Chang and Eng, the Siamese twins, in evening dress. Colour wood engraving by H.S. Miller.
  • Conjoint twins born at Palermo in 1755. Engraving by J. Aveline.
  • Chang and Eng Bunker. Oil painting by Edouard-Henri-Théophile Pingret, 1836.
  • Twins share one vision : 'incredible' sisters stun experts by seeing through each other's eyes.
  • The giants wedding.
  • Four grotesquely deformed children. Line engraving.
  • Daisy and Violet Hilton, conjoined twins, performing with clarinets, wearing top hats. Photograph, c. 1927.
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Works

  • view A boy with a skin disease together with the conjoined twins Judith and Hélène; below them an infant with one central eye. Coloured etching by N.E. Lerouge.
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    A boy with a skin disease together with the conjoined twins Judith and Hélène; below them an infant with one central eye. Coloured etching by N.E. Lerouge.

    | Reference: 3871i
  • view Daisy and Violet Hilton, conjoined twins, dressed for golf. Photograph, c. 1927.
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    Daisy and Violet Hilton, conjoined twins, dressed for golf. Photograph, c. 1927.

    | Date: 1930 | Reference: 33709i
  • view Daisy and Violet Hilton, conjoined twins, taking tea. Photograph, 1927.
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    Daisy and Violet Hilton, conjoined twins, taking tea. Photograph, 1927.

    | Date: 1930 | Reference: 33683i
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    Craniopagus.

    | Date: 1967
  • view Chang and Eng the Siamese twins, in an oriental setting. Lithograph, 1830.
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    Chang and Eng the Siamese twins, in an oriental setting. Lithograph, 1830.

    | Date: Jany [1830] | Reference: 2615i
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