Madame Tussaud: And the History of WaxworksTussaud's catered for the public's fascination with monarchy, whether Henry VIII and his wives or Queen Victoria, as well as for their love of history, acting as an accessible and enjoyable museum. This work looks at Madame Tussaud herself and her exhibition as part of the wider history of wax modelling and of popular entertainment. |
Contents
The Wax Salon | 17 |
Revolutionary Paris | 37 |
Antoine FouquierTinville | 55 |
The Travelling Wax Exhibition | 65 |
Advertisement for Madame Tussauds collection of figures | 67 |
Waterloo Place Edinburgh engraving by Thomas Shepherd | 74 |
22 | 88 |
The Baker Street Bazaar | 97 |
Handbill for Reimers Anatomical and Ethnological Museum 1854 | 140 |
From the Great Exhibition to the First World War | 153 |
Wylds Great Globe 1851 exterior | 154 |
Silhouette of the Tussaud family | 167 |
Madame Tussauds catalogue | 173 |
39 | 181 |
40 | 187 |
Waxworks in the Age of Film | 193 |
Old Grays Inn Road 1828 | 101 |
Tableau of George IV in his coronation robes | 107 |
29 | 114 |
32 | 123 |
Wax Rivals | 131 |
The Appeal of Waxworks | 221 |
Notes | 245 |
Bibliography | 265 |
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