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Marie Tussaud and Her Wax Heads of Revolution
The piece recounts Marie Tussaud born 1760 in Berne who learned wax modeling from Dr Curtius, her work shaping heads severed by the guillotine during the French Revolution, including Marie Antoinette and Lamballe. It covers her arrest, release, later move to England with her collection, and the 1833 London exhibition led by her sons.
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Tussaud
Berne i
London
Marie Gresbolts
Wurmser
John Christopher Curtius
Berne
Curtins
Curtius
Marie
Paris
Dr. Curtius
Mme
Elizabeth
Slater
Louis XVI
Ionis Collecton
Necker
Mme, de Steel
Philippe
Duke of Orleans
Bastille
Palais Royal
Place Vendome
France
National Assembly
Jme
de Beauharnais
Josephine
Napoleon Bopaparte
Robespierre
Danton
Desmoulins
Marie Antoinette
Princess Lamballe
M. Thssaud
England
Strand
Roston Globe