Carte de visite photograph depicting Chang and Eng Bunker, widely known as the Siamese Twins, posed with family members in a studio setting. The image shows a group portrait arranged around the conjoined brothers, with adults and children seated and standing in a formal composition. The photograph is an albumen print on a standard CDV mount, with the image presented within an oval vignette against a plain studio background. No photographer’s imprint is visible on the recto.
Chang and Eng Bunker were internationally famous figures in the nineteenth century, known for their public exhibitions and later for establishing family lives in the United States. Group portraits such as this reflect the period’s interest in presenting them not only as curiosities but also within domestic and familial contexts, emphasizing respectability and normalcy alongside their physical condition.
The verso bears a handwritten identification reading “Siamese Twins, Yang + Eng & Families." The mount is plain, without a printed studio backmark, consistent with commercially circulated CDVs of the mid to late nineteenth century.
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