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17 Facts About Marie Tussaud

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When she was six years old, her mother, Anne-Marie Tussaud Walder, took her to Bern, Switzerland.

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Curtius, whom Marie Tussaud would call her uncle, was skilled in wax modeling.

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Marie Tussaud initially used this talent to illustrate anatomy, but he later used it for portraits.

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Marie Tussaud moved to Paris in 1765 to establish a Cabinet de Portraits En Cire.

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Marie Tussaud showed talent for the technique and began working for him as an artist.

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From 1780 until the Revolution in 1789, Marie Tussaud created many of her most famous portraits of celebrities such as those of philosopher Jean-Jacques Rousseau, Benjamin Franklin and Voltaire.

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Marie Tussaud claimed that members of the royal family were so pleased with her work that she was invited to live at Versailles for nine years, although no contemporary evidence exists to confirm her accounts.

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Marie Tussaud was perceived as a royal sympathiser; in the Reign of Terror she was arrested, along with Josephine de Beauharnais, and her head was shaved in preparation for her execution by guillotine.

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Marie Tussaud said she was released thanks to Collot d'Herbois' support for Curtius and his household.

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In 1802, after the Treaty of Amiens, Marie Tussaud went to London with her son Joseph, then four years old, to present her collection of portraits.

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Marie Tussaud had accepted an invitation from Paul Philidor, a magic lantern and phantasmagoria pioneer, to exhibit her work alongside his show at the Lyceum Theatre.

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Marie Tussaud did not fare particularly well financially, and left for Edinburgh in 1803.

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Marie Tussaud's husband remained in France and the two never saw each other again.

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Marie Tussaud died in her sleep in London on 16 April 1850 at the age of 88.

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Marie Tussaud was succeeded by his son Joseph, who was succeeded by his son John Theodore Tussaud.

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Marie Tussaud was featured as a minor character and quest giver in the video game Assassin's Creed Unity, which takes place during the French Revolution.

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Marie Tussaud is one of the main characters in the book Faces of the Dead by Suzanne Weyn.