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M0010050: Red clay plate decorated with an image of conjoined twins, 1680
Date: 25 June 1947Reference: WT/D/1/20/1/88/64
Part of: Wellcome Trust Corporate Archive
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Chang and Eng Bunker. Oil painting by Edouard-Henri-Théophile Pingret, 1836.
Édouard PingretDate: 1836Reference: 44554i
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Philosophical Transactions, Royal Society of London
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The wonderful two-headed nightingale : the eighth wonder of the world / Sanger's Royal Amphitheatre.
Date: [1877?]
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The Carolina twins / by Wm. H. Pancoast.
Pancoast, William Henry, 1834-1897.Date: [1871]
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Oversize ephemera. EPH+35.
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The girl with eight limbs.
Date: 2008
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Chang and Eng the Siamese twins, in an oriental setting. Lithograph, ca. 1830.
Date: [1830?]Reference: 679471i
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Studies on the morphology and morphogenesis of human thoracopagic monsters : with special reference to the malformation of the heart / [F. Ysander].
Ysander, Fredrik.Date: 1924
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A sky-lit anatomy theatre with anatomical specimens in jars and a suspended skeleton. Colour acquatint by J. C. Stadler after A. Pugin, 1815.
Augustus Charles PuginDate: 1 November 1815Reference: 25466i
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Daisy and Violet Hilton, conjoined twins, wearing fur coats. Photograph, c. 1927.
Date: 1930Reference: 33707i
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Advertisement : To all gentlemen and ladies . There are newly arriv'd two monstrous girls, being one of the greatest wonders in nature that was ever seen ; they were born with their backs fasten'd to one another, and the passages of their bodies are both one way ...
Date: [between 1702 and 1714]
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Andenken an Emilisa Stoll : die Kopf an Kopf zusammengeachsenen Zwillinge : geb. am 7. Januar 1912 zu Vilbel bei Frankfurt a. M. / Impresario Otto Heinemann, Charlottenburg, Schlüterstr. 12.
Date: [1912?]
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Seven diagrams illustrating difficult births, obstetrical instruments and a conjoined twin. Etching by Barlow.
Reference: 17066i
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[Small print (1860?) of Christina and Millie McCoy, 'The African Twins' (or Two-Headed Nightingale) conjoined twin girls, born in North Carolina in 1851. Their mother was a slave].
Date: 1860
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Dr Anton Jerzabek and Dr Walter Riehl, caricatured as conjoined Nazi supporters, shouting and raising their fists. Line block, 1927.
Date: [11 July 1927]Reference: 568901i
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On monsters : an unnatural history of our worst fears / Stephen T. Asma.
Stephen T. AsmaDate: 2009
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Galyon siamese twins : no.1 phenomenal sensation of the show world : two heads, four arms, four legs, one body : Donnie, Ronnie, alive.
Date: [1957?]
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Account of the Siamese twin brothers, from actual observations : For sale, only at the exhibition room, Egyptian Hall, Piccadilly.
Hale, James W.Date: [1829]
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Conjoint twins born at Palermo in 1755. Engraving by J. Aveline.
Reference: 72i
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One of us : conjoined twins and the future of normal / Alice Domurat Dreger.
Alice DregerDate: 2004
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Chang and Eng the Siamese twins, eating and drinking to excess. Coloured etching by W. Heath, 1829.
William HeathDate: 19 December 1829Reference: 12084i
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Daisy and Violet Hilton, conjoined twins, with the Meyers, with whom they lived and who managed them. Photograph, c. 1927.
Date: 1930Reference: 33722i
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Historia ænigmatica, de gemellis Genoæ connatis, anno salutis nostræ, MDCXX : in unum coalescentibus, quorum major Lazaz, minor Joh. Baptista, ad sacrum fontem nominatis : vivis hodie, & mercede Londini monstratis An. MDCXXXVII.
Date: [1637]
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[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].
Date: [approximately 1929]

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M0010050: Red clay plate decorated with an image of conjoined twins, 1680

Chang and Eng Bunker. Oil painting by Edouard-Henri-Théophile Pingret, 1836.

Philosophical Transactions, Royal Society of London

The wonderful two-headed nightingale : the eighth wonder of the world / Sanger's Royal Amphitheatre.

The Carolina twins / by Wm. H. Pancoast.

Oversize ephemera. EPH+35.

The girl with eight limbs.

Chang and Eng the Siamese twins, in an oriental setting. Lithograph, ca. 1830.

Studies on the morphology and morphogenesis of human thoracopagic monsters : with special reference to the malformation of the heart / [F. Ysander].

A sky-lit anatomy theatre with anatomical specimens in jars and a suspended skeleton. Colour acquatint by J. C. Stadler after A. Pugin, 1815.

Daisy and Violet Hilton, conjoined twins, wearing fur coats. Photograph, c. 1927.

Advertisement : To all gentlemen and ladies . There are newly arriv'd two monstrous girls, being one of the greatest wonders in nature that was ever seen ; they were born with their backs fasten'd to one another, and the passages of their bodies are both one way ...

Andenken an Emilisa Stoll : die Kopf an Kopf zusammengeachsenen Zwillinge : geb. am 7. Januar 1912 zu Vilbel bei Frankfurt a. M. / Impresario Otto Heinemann, Charlottenburg, Schlüterstr. 12.

Seven diagrams illustrating difficult births, obstetrical instruments and a conjoined twin. Etching by Barlow.

[Small print (1860?) of Christina and Millie McCoy, 'The African Twins' (or Two-Headed Nightingale) conjoined twin girls, born in North Carolina in 1851. Their mother was a slave].

Dr Anton Jerzabek and Dr Walter Riehl, caricatured as conjoined Nazi supporters, shouting and raising their fists. Line block, 1927.

On monsters : an unnatural history of our worst fears / Stephen T. Asma.

Galyon siamese twins : no.1 phenomenal sensation of the show world : two heads, four arms, four legs, one body : Donnie, Ronnie, alive.

Account of the Siamese twin brothers, from actual observations : For sale, only at the exhibition room, Egyptian Hall, Piccadilly.

Conjoint twins born at Palermo in 1755. Engraving by J. Aveline.

One of us : conjoined twins and the future of normal / Alice Domurat Dreger.

Chang and Eng the Siamese twins, eating and drinking to excess. Coloured etching by W. Heath, 1829.

Daisy and Violet Hilton, conjoined twins, with the Meyers, with whom they lived and who managed them. Photograph, c. 1927.

Historia ænigmatica, de gemellis Genoæ connatis, anno salutis nostræ, MDCXX : in unum coalescentibus, quorum major Lazaz, minor Joh. Baptista, ad sacrum fontem nominatis : vivis hodie, & mercede Londini monstratis An. MDCXXXVII.

[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].