3-056-196 - The London Archives (City of London)/Heritage Images

The Pyopagi Twins shown at Egyptian Hall, 1880. Pygopagi twins are conjoined at the buttocks. Josephine and Rosalie were shown at the Egyptian Hall, Piccadilly in 1880. Showmanship was a hard business. People and animals with unusual characteristics were ruthlessly exploited and there was little care for them once they lost their popularity with the audience.