The Romance of Madame Tussaud'sTussaud, John Theodore
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The Romance of Madame Tussaud's
Tussaud, John Theodore
Madame Tussaud and Sons' Exhibition; Tussaud, Marie, 1761-1850; Waxworks
Madame TUSSAUD and SONS, in offering this little notice to
the Public, have endeavoured to blend utility and amusement.
It contains an outline of the history of each character
represented in the Exhibition, which will not only greatly
increase the pleasure to be derived from a mere view of the
figures, but will also convey to the minds of young persons
much biographical knowledge, a branch of education universally
allowed to be one of the highest importance.
_Admittance 1s. Children under 8 Years of Age 6d.; second room
6d._
_Tickets for Six Weeks not transferable, 5s. Open every day
from 11 till 4 o’clock, in the Evening from 7 till 10._
The following highly interesting figures and objects, in
consequence of the Peculiarity of their appearance, are placed
in an adjoining situation, and are well worth the attention
of artists and amateurs, taken by order of the National
Assembly by Madame Tussaud--The Celebrated John Marat, one
of the leaders of the French Revolution, taken immediately
after his assassination by Charlotte Corde. The following
heads--Robespierre, Carrier, Fouquier de Tinville, and Hébert
were taken immediately after execution. The celebrated Count
de Lorge, who was confined twenty years in the Bastille, taken
from life. Mirabeau. Also, Phrenological Portraits of
STEWART AND HIS WIFE,
Who were executed in Edinburgh on the 13th of August, 1829,
having confessed to the murder of Seven Persons by means of
Poison, which they familiarly called doctoring.
Casts of CORDER and HOLLOWAY, taken from their faces.
CURIOUS AND INTERESTING RELICS, &c.
The shirt of Henry IV. of France in which he was assassinated
by Ravaillac, with various original documents relative to that
transaction. A small model of the original French Guillotine,
with its apparatus. Model of the Bastille in Paris in its entire
state.
AN EGYPTIAN MUMMY.
Proved by the Hieroglyphics to be the body of the Princess of
Memphis, who lived in the time of Sesostris, King of Egypt,
a.m. 2528, 1491 years before Christ, being actually 3328 years
old.
(_Phair_, Printer, 67, Great Peter Street, Westminster.)
A further placard is headed as follows:
REMOVAL POSTPONED TILL FURTHER NOTICE.
The Flattering Success with which this Exhibition continues to
be honored, (the Promenade being Crowded every Evening), the
very general desire expressed by Thousands for it to remain
some time longer, (its merits becoming more generally known),
being acknowledged to be the most Splendid, and, at the same
time, the most Instructive to Youth, (induces the Proprietors
to obey the general wish.) It will remain in consequence till
further Notice.
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