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Conjoined twins from Hungary, Judith and Helena
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Conjoined twins from Hungary, Judith and Helena

Carel Allard · 1708 · etching; paper

From the collection of Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.

About this work

Two conjoined girls from Hungary, Judith and Helena, shown at the Hague fair in 1708. In the plate, a description and explanation in 2 columns in Dutch, with an application to the war situation in the year 1708, and verses in the middle in Latin and French. Part of a series of 7 satirical prints on the French and their allies from the year 1707 (and 1708). Part of the print work published under the collective title 't Lust-Hof van Momus with the bundled series of satirical prints during the years 1701-1713 of the War of the Spanish Succession.

Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own description
Credit lineVergroeide tweeling uit Hongarije, Judith en Helena. 1708. Carel Allard. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.

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