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  • [Undated newspaper cutting (March 1869) advertising The Nova Scotia Giantess, Anna Swan, the Siamese twins and the Circassian Lady at the Egyptian Hall, Piccadilly, London].
  • Galyon siamese twins : no.1 phenomenal sensation of the show world : two heads, four arms, four legs, one body : Donnie, Ronnie, alive.
  • Galyon siamese twins : no.1 phenomenal sensation of the show world : two heads, four arms, four legs, one body : Donnie, Ronnie, alive.
  • Wellington and Peel compared with the Siamese twins (above); a rich bishop and a poor parson; and a street vendor of figurines. Etching by W. Heath, 1830.
  • [Copy of a broadside printed by R. Weston of Biddenden, Kent, giving a brief history of the Siamese twins Elisabeth and Mary Chulkhurst, the 'Biddenden maids'. ].
  • Daniel O'Connell and the devil represented as the Siamese twins joined at the chest; representing alleged atrocities by Roman Catholics. Coloured etching attributed to A. Sharpshooter, 1829.
  • [Folded single sheet programme for an appearance by Daisy and Violet Hilton, "reigning sensation of vaudeville, San Antonio's Siamese twins". Includes many photographs of them from the age of 3 months].
  • [Newspaper clipping (Sunday Times, 10 August 1939) of a brief history of the Siamese Twins Chang and Eng and Elizabeth and Mary Chulkhurst, the 'Biddenden maids'. Written by Ernest A. Ebblewhite].
  • [Folded single sheet programme for an appearance by Daisy and Violet Hilton, "reigning sensation of vaudeville, San Antonio's Siamese twins". Includes many photographs of them from the age of 3 months].
  • [Undated engraving of "I Gemelli Siamesi" (probably Chang and Eng Bunker), siamese twins, joined at the breast bone, playing badminton before a very serious looking audience. It is numbered Fig. 44 and Tav[ola] 13. Possibly 1840-1860].
  • Last week of the extraordinary and wonderful Albino Family : white negroes, or moors, from Madagascar, consisting of a husband, wife and child ... : What can they be? ... What is it? ... More wonderful curiosities! The original Siamese twins Chan and Eng ... / P.T. Barnum.
  • Last week of the extraordinary and wonderful Albino Family : white negroes, or moors, from Madagascar, consisting of a husband, wife and child ... : What can they be? ... What is it? ... More wonderful curiosities! The original Siamese twins Chan and Eng ... / P.T. Barnum.
  • A Siamese Twin
  • A diagram of a Siamese twin with conjoined spine
  • Harry H. Hargrave presents Guadalupe and Josefina Hinojosa : siamese twin girls born grown together in Havana, Cuba, November 15, 1912.
  • Harry H. Hargrave presents Guadalupe and Josefina Hinojosa : siamese twin girls born grown together in Havana, Cuba, November 15, 1912.
  • Philosophical Transactions, Royal Society of London
  • Philosophical Transactions, Royal Society of London
  • Broadside of the Biddenden Maids, Eliza and Mary Chulkhurst.
  • Chang and Eng 1811-1874.
  • Two human figures with abnormalities
  • Two human figures with abnormalities
  • Two human figures with abnormalities
  • Two human figures with abnormalities
  • Two human figures with abnormalities, one male and one female figure
  • Two human figures with abnormalities
  • Chang and Eng Bunker. Oil painting by Edouard-Henri-Théophile Pingret, 1836.
  • Chang and Eng Bunker. Oil painting by Edouard-Henri-Théophile Pingret, 1836.
  • Chang and Eng Bunker. Oil painting by Edouard-Henri-Théophile Pingret, 1836.
  • Chang and Eng Bunker. Oil painting by Edouard-Henri-Théophile Pingret, 1836.