CONJOINED TWINS a group of three 19th century prints of post-mortem Conjoined Twins (also known as Siamese Twins) depicting front and back views and brains with spines attached largest 22 x 18cm (3) Several sets of conjoined twins lived during the nineteenth century and made careers for themselves in the performing arts, though none achieved quite the same level of fame and fortune as Chang and Eng. Most notably, Millie and Christine McCoy, phytophagous twins, were born into slavery in North Carolina in 1851. They were sold to a showman, J P Smith, at birth, but were soon kidnapped by a rival showman. The kidnapper fled to England, but was thwarted because England had already banned slavery. Smith travelled to England to collect the girls and brought with him their mother, from whom they had been separated. He and his wife provided the twins with an education and taught them to speak five languages, play music, and sing. For the rest of the century, the twins enjoyed a successful career as 'The Two-Headed Nightingale' and appeared with the Barnum Circus. In 1912, they died of tuberculosis, 17 hours apart. Condition report: Window mounted, no damage detected.