Two miniature people, known as the Aztec Lilliputians, with their manager. Lithograph by G. Wilkinson.
- Wilkinson, G.
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For sitters see: C.J.S. Thompson, 'The mystery and lore of monsters', London 1930, pp. 239-240 and R. Altick 'The shows of London', Cambridge (Mass.) & London 1978, p. 286
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1 print : lithograph, tinted ; image 21.6 x 19.3 cm
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The Aztec's ... G. Wilkinson.
Lettering continues: These wonderful beings were brought to north America in 1849, by Valasquez a Spaniard, who states that he carried them off at the hazard of his life from the mysterious and unknown city of Ixamaya, in central south America, where this Lilliputian race has for many centuries been worshipped by the inhabitants as sacred objects."
References note
William Schupbach, 'Apollo and the Aztecs', Wellcome Library blog, 27 June 2016, https://wayback.archive-it.org/16107/20210312221809/http://blog.wellcomelibrary.org/2016/06/apollo-and-the-aztecs/
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Wellcome Collection 2617i
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