A small pencil portrait by the 14 - year - old Busch depicted Bachmann as a chubby , confident boy , and showed similarities with Max .
This friendship was echoed in the 1865 story Max and Moritz .
A small pencil portrait by the 14 - year - old Busch depicted Bachmann as a chubby , confident boy , and showed similarities with Max and Moritz .
This friendship was echoed in the 1865 story Max and Moritz .