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Maximo and Bartola in formal dress

Maximo and Bartola in evening dress; Maximo sitting on chair, Bartola standing to his left.

Victoria and Albert Maximo and Bartola Pictures

Portraits of Maximo and Bartola on the occasion of their wedding

Giants and Dwarfs

Account of Maximo and Bartola's origin, tour of Europe, and wedding.

llustrated memoir of an eventful expedition into
Central America :resulting in the discovery of the idolatrous city of Iximaya, in an unexplored region, and the possession of two remarkable Aztec Children

Reprint of the Velazquez narrative in London, dedicated to Prince Albert; includes new information about how they were presented to the British…

Lilliput in London

Account of the Aztec Children in London that expresses disbelief at the claims that they are a distinct race of people.

An Englishwoman's experience in America

Englishwoman Marianne Finch's account of travels in America, where she saw the Aztec Children on display in Boston in 1851

A Brief Notice of the Aztec Race (Alternative Version)

Read at a special meting of the Ethnological Society of London on July 6th, 1853

A Brief Notice of the Aztec Race

Gives an account of their bodies, of their behaviors, how they have been received in London, and an assessment of whether they are a new race of…