A short, but concise account of Elisabeth, and Mary Chulkhurst, who were born joined together by the hips and shoulders, in the year of our Lord 1100, at Biddenden, in the county of Kent : commonly called the Biddenden Maids.

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1808
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A short, but concise account of Elisabeth, and Mary Chulkhurst, who were born joined together by the hips and shoulders, in the year of our Lord 1100, at Biddenden, in the county of Kent : commonly called the Biddenden Maids. Public Domain Mark. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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Description

Broadside with decorative border and illustration of the sisters telling the tale of Elisabeth (or Eliza), and Mary Chulkhurst, conjoined twin sisters who lived to the age of 34 in Biddenden, Kent.

Publication/Creation

Biddenden : Printed and sold by R. Weston, 1808.

Physical description

1 sheet : 1 black and white illustration ; 38 x 26 cm

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Copy1. This copy has 8 newspaper cuttings/poems pasted to the back of it ('John Bull and the taxes' etc.).

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