Object Status:
Unlocated
Accession Date:
Ca. 1819
Primary Source Reference:
James Hardie, A dictionary of the most uncommon wonders of the works of art and nature: particularly of those, which are most remarkable in America, compiled from the most authentic authors, and comprising the most curious and extensive collection of the kind, ever published (New York, 1819), p. 174.
Additional Source Text:
"In the city of New-York, about the year 1815, there was exhibited as a shew, a child with two heads and two complete faces, attached to one body. It was so well preserved in spirits, as to retain its natural appearance, and was seen by many not only in this city; but in various other places, in the United States. We understand, that it is now deposited in Peale's Museum, Philadelphia."
Notes:
No evidence has been found to corroborate such a deposit or exhibition.
Specimen Type:
Dead/preserved
