Maximo and Bartola, supposed to be Aztecs, advertised for exhibition. Colour lithograph.

Portraits of the Aztecs in eight roundels arranged in three registers: top register, left and right, the Aztecs in western dress; centre, the Aztecs in supposedly native dress with Aztec buildings in the background; middle register, centre, Bartola and Maximo, both in western dress; bottom register, left and right, Maximo and Bartola in western dress, in conversation; centre, Maximo and Bartola with their manager seated between them. Between the roundels, Aztec motifs

On the 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.) and London 1978, p. 286

[London] (Southampton Street, Strand) : Clifford, [between 1800 and 1899]

1 print : lithograph, printed in colours

The Aztecs Maximo & Bartola. Discovered in Central America 1849. Married St: Georges Hanover Square. London 7th Jan.y 1867

Wellcome Collection 39122i