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Eng and Chang Pop Art print

                  
 

                  
Eng and Chang Bunker (May
                  11, 1811 - January 17, 1874) were conjoined twin brothers whose
                  condition and birthplace

                  
 became the basis for the
                  term "Siamese twins".

                  
In 1829, British merchant
                  Robert Hunter "discovered" them and paid their family
                  to let them be exhibited 

                  
as a curiosity during a world
                  tour. Upon termination of their contract with Hunter, the brothers
                  successfully went into business for themselves. 

                  
In 1839, while visiting Wilkesboro,
                  North Carolina, the twins were attracted to the area and settled
                  on a 110-acre farm in nearby Traphill, 

                  
becoming naturalized United
                  States citizens. Chang and his wife had 10 children; Eng and
                  his wife had 11.

                  
According to the Travel Channel's
                  "Mysteries at the Museum", Chang suffered a stroke
                  the night that he died. 

                  
Eng awoke to find his brother
                  dead, and called for his wife and children to attend to him.

                  
A doctor was summoned to
                  perform an emergency separation, but he was too late. Eng died
                  three hours later.

                  
 

                  
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