Media Information

 
 
 
Collection:
Images from the History of Medicine (NLM)
Title:
The Siamese twins first discovered while fishing on the banks of the Siam River by Mr. R. Hunter / drawn & engraved by H. Berthoud.
Subject (Genre):
Portraits
Subject (MeSH Term):
Twins, Conjoined
Subject (MeSH Term):
Famous Persons
Publication Information:
[London] : Pubd. Decr. 1829 by Harrison Isaacs Chrles Str. Soho Taylor, [1829]
Publication Country:
England
Copyright Statement:
The National Library of Medicine believes this item to be in the public domain.
Order No.:
B08415
Physical Description:
1 print : engraving, hand colored ; 32 x 25 cm.
Image Description:
Subject: Two well-dressed young men, joined at the abdomen by an exposed band of tissue, stand together on a stage beside a bench and table on which is a chess board; the man on the left holds a badminton racquet; another badminton racquet and shuttlecock sit on the bench; the man on the right is looking up towards the curtain to his left.
Subject (Person):
Bunker, Chang, 1811-1874.
Subject (Person):
Bunker, Eng, 1811-1874.
Note (General):
Old Negative no. 61-220
Language:
eng
Restrictions on Access:
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Call Number:
QSB B694o 1830 no. 2
Record UI:
101436497

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