Study of conjoined twins
Date
1723
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height (painting): 358mm
width (painting): 200mm
width (painting): 200mm
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Description
Front and back portrait views of unnamed conjoined twins, daughters of Sebastiana Camus of Domrémy-la-Pucelle, Lorraine, France. The manuscript copy account of the twins, by M. Fevry, written to the Royal Society on 21 January 1723 notes that “The two first figures were drawn in their Life-time...by order of his Royal Highness the Duke of Lorrain.” The children survived for two months after birth. Not signed.
Royal Society Register Book Original, vol.11 1722-1724, pp.311-319. The image formed the illustrative plate to the printed paper “An account of a monstrous double birth in Lorrain”, by Colin MacLaurin Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society, vol.32, 1722-1723, pp.346-348.
Royal Society Register Book Original, vol.11 1722-1724, pp.311-319. The image formed the illustrative plate to the printed paper “An account of a monstrous double birth in Lorrain”, by Colin MacLaurin Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society, vol.32, 1722-1723, pp.346-348.
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