![["CHANG and ENG"]. BUNKER, Chang and Eng (1811-1874), Siamese twins. Carte-de-visite photograph signed on recto ("Eng & Chang"), and on verso ("Chang & Eng Bunker," also signed by "Albert Bunker," and "James Bunker"), Russian imprint on verso, n.d. [ca.1870?].](https://www.christies.com/img/LotImages/2007/NYR/2007_NYR_01938_1026_000(021357).jpg?w=1)
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["CHANG and ENG"]. BUNKER, Chang and Eng (1811-1874), Siamese twins. Carte-de-visite photograph signed on recto ("Eng & Chang"), and on verso ("Chang & Eng Bunker," also signed by "Albert Bunker," and "James Bunker"), Russian imprint on verso, n.d. [ca.1870?].
3 7/8 x 2¼ in., including mount, tiny chip of albumen missing at top right, minor spotting. Signed in pencil in blank area beneath image and on verso.
THE ORIGINAL "SIAMESE TWINS." Chang & Eng, twins joined at the sternum, are shown with two of their sons, all in formal dress. The twins, born in Siam, gave the popular name to their rare medical condition. Discovered by an Englishman, they took westernized names, became international celebrities and toured with P.T. Barnum as medical curiosities. In 1839 they decided to settle on a North Carolina plantation and became slave-owners. They married and raised children (22 between them!) including James and Albert Bunker, depicted here with their famous fathers. Both men had sons who served in the Confederate army.
3 7/8 x 2¼ in., including mount, tiny chip of albumen missing at top right, minor spotting. Signed in pencil in blank area beneath image and on verso.
THE ORIGINAL "SIAMESE TWINS." Chang & Eng, twins joined at the sternum, are shown with two of their sons, all in formal dress. The twins, born in Siam, gave the popular name to their rare medical condition. Discovered by an Englishman, they took westernized names, became international celebrities and toured with P.T. Barnum as medical curiosities. In 1839 they decided to settle on a North Carolina plantation and became slave-owners. They married and raised children (22 between them!) including James and Albert Bunker, depicted here with their famous fathers. Both men had sons who served in the Confederate army.