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Title
Siamese twins For [blank] day only. The united brothers, Chang-Eng, very respectfully acquaint the ladies and gentlemen of [blank] that they will be in that place on [blank] and will receive visitors at the [blank] ... Admittance 50 cents. Pamphlets, containing an historical account of the twins, with many interesting particulars never before published, can be purchased at their room. Price, with an engraved likeness, 12 1-2 cents--with a lithograph, 18 3-4 cents. The twins have also a few copies of a very superior likeness, executed in lithograph, and suitable for framing. ...
Call Number
E Row 2/GC053/Box 03/Normal GA 2024.04563
Identifier
ark:/88435/dc0z709b33r
Publisher
[New York] : J.M. Elliott, printer, 33 Liberty Street, New York, [ca. 1838]
Language
English
Date Created
1838
Format
Book
Extent
1 sheet ([1] page) : illustrations ; 33 x 21 cm.
Rights Statement
Copyright Not Evaluated
Notes
John M. Elliott is listed at this address in New York directories from 1838 to 1845. He issued lithographs of Chang and Eng in 1837 and in 1839.
Printed area, including ornamental border, measures 29.5 x 17.6 cm.
Princeton copy 1 Mounted in mat.

Discovery Information

Subject
Bunker, Chang 1811-1874
Bunker, Eng 1811-1874
Conjoined twins

Physical Characteristics

File Count
1

Institutional Information

Collection
Omega Project
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https://figgy.princeton.edu/concern/scanned_resources/b6b6381d-d857-401b-b8c2-55707793a0b4/manifest