Siamese Twins

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Artist/Maker	Maclise, Daniel RA (artist)
Place of origin	Britain (drawn)

Watercolour drawing depicting conjoined twins from the Far East. One is holding up a portrait of the pair, whilst the other holds a racquet and shuttlecock. To the right of them is a chess set on a circular table.

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Category	Drawings
Object type	Drawing
Title	Siamese Twins (popular title)
Materials and techniques	Watercolour drawing Paper Drawing
Brief description	Watercolour drawing by Daniel Maclise entitled 'Siamese Twins'. Great Britain, mid-19th century.
Physical description	Watercolour drawing depicting conjoined twins from the Far East. One is holding up a portrait of the pair, whilst the other holds a racquet and shuttlecock. To the right of them is a chess set on a circular table.
Dimensions	Height: 35.5cm Width: 21cm The top is cut into an arc.
Credit line	Forster Bequest
Subjects depicted	Shuttlecocks Badminton Twins Chess
Bibliographic reference	Pillar stand of thirty frames, containing three hundred and ninety drawings and sketches in pencil, pen and ink, and colour - figures, landscapes, etc. There are also seven by other hands (aside from Maclise) - Calderon, T.S. Cooper, Cope, Herbert, and Landseer, all R.A., F. Danby, A.R.A., and G. Cattermole. These drawings and sketches include the following celebrated persons, amongst whom were several more of the Gallery of Illustrious Literary Characters: C.J. Apperley, Sir Egerton Brydges, Edward Bulwer-Lytton (Lord Lytton), G. Cattermole, Sir Alexander Cockburn, Joshua Cristall, Benjamin Disraeli (Earl of Beaconsfield), M. Faraday etc.
Collection	Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number	F.88:111

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Record created	September 15, 2008
Record URL	https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O167033/siamese-twins-drawing-maclise-daniel-ra/

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