Image of a full-length portrait of conjoined Siamese twins Eng Bunker and Chang Bunker as young men in formal dress standing in a parlor with a chess board, table, curtains, and chair in the background, with Eng, with a handkerchief in his pocket, holding open a book with an image of the two brothers. "Entered according to act of Congress, in the year 1839, by John M. Elliott in the Clerk's Office for the Southern District of N. York."--text, bottom center margin. "P.A. Mesier & Co Lithography"--text, bottom left margin. "No 28 Wall Street, N.Y."--text, bottom right margin.
Type
image
Extent
1 lithograph : uncolored ; overall 35.72 x 26.35 cm (14 1/16 x 10 3/8 in.)
Bunker, Eng, 1811-1874 Bunker, Chang, 1811-1874 Brothers--Pictorial works Conjoined twins--Pictorial works Curiosities and wonders--Pictorial works Lithographs--1825-1850. (gmgpc) Portrait prints. (gmgpc) Theatrical posters--American. (gmgpc)
Source
Jay T. Last Collection Entertainment Small Size Music and Theater The Jay T. Last Collection of Graphic Arts and Social History, Huntington Digital Library
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