3-047-135 - The Print Collector/Heritage Images

'Madame Tussaud', 1925. Portrait of 'the fairy godmother who planted the first seeds that have grown and flourished into the wonderful Exhibition, the like of which there is no other the whole world over'. French wax sculptor Marie Tussaud (1761- 1850) founded a wax museum in London in 1835. From "Madame Tussaud's: The Palace of Enchantment" described by Capt. Edric Vredenburg, illustrated by Howard Davie, [Raphael Tuck & Sons Ltd, London, 1925]