3-047-137 - The Print Collector/Heritage Images

'The Royal Group', 1925. Illustration of a wax tableau at Madame Tussauds, a wax museum founded in London in 1835 by the French sculptor Marie Tussaud. 'The boys think they should take off their hats, and the girls believe they ought to curtsey. It is all so real! King George - such a king! Queen Mary - such a Queen, such a mother, such a friend! The Prince of Wales, otherwise "Prince Charming"…'. From "Madame Tussaud's: The Palace of Enchantment" described by Capt. Edric Vredenburg, illustrated by Howard Davie, [Raphael Tuck & Sons Ltd, London, 1925]