Sujet

Albumen print of Millie and Christine McCoy, 1880s -1890s. Creator: Charles Eisenmann.

Légende

A photographic print of African-American conjoined twins whose stage names were "The Carolina Twins", "The Two-Headed Nightingale" and "The Eighth Wonder of the World". The photograph features the women standing facing the camera. They are wearing a long-sleeved dress with two bodices. A chair is partially visible in the back right of the photograph. The photograph is mounted on heavier paper that has a scalloped edging and the name of the photography studio printed in gold at the bottom. The back of the photograph has a partial inscription of name.

Crédit

Photo12/Heritage Images/Heritage Art

Notre référence

HRM21A73_200

Model release

NA

Property release

NA

Licence

Droits gérés

Format disponible

94,7Mo (4,2Mo) / 39,3cm x 60,4cm / 4643 x 7131 (300dpi)

Mots clés

female women The Two-Headed Nightingale The Carolina Twins Millie McCoy woman people black job family music arts country entertainment singing occupation museum photography sister sisters entertainer entertainers twin location Victorian century profession twins vocalist singer singers African American African-American B&W full length afro-american full-length slavery slave slaves United States of America 19th century Former black & white black and white B W albumen print nineteenth century heritage American America USA conjoined twins Siamese twins photograph portrait united states Christine McCoy Christine McCoy Millie cultural heritage Black History Heritage Art enslaved person enslaved people National Museum of African American History and Culture NMAAHC portraits Heritage Art albumen prints Charles Eisenmann Eisenmann Charles