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	Marie Tussaud - LoveToKnow 1911
		MARIE TUSSAUD (1760-1850), founder of "Madame Tussaud's Exhibition" of wax figures in London, was born in Berne in 1760, the daughter of Joseph Grosholtz (d.
		It was from Curtius's exhibition that the mob obtained the busts of Necker and the duke of Orleans that were carried by the procession when on the 12th of July 1789 the first blood of the French Revolution was shed.
		During the terrible days that followed Marie Grosholtz was called upon to model the heads of many of the prominent leaders and victims of the Revolution, and was herself for three months a prisoner, having fallen under the suspicion of the committee of public safety.
	www.1911encyclopedia.org /Marie_Tussaud (331 words)

	Marie Tussaud - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Marie Tussaud (December 1, 1761 - April 16, 1850) is known for her wax sculptures and Madame Tussauds, the wax museum she setup in London.
		She was born Marie Grosholtz (sometimes spelled Grossholtz or Grossholz) in Strasbourg.
		Her father, a soldier named Joseph Grosholtz, was killed in the Seven Years' War just two months before Marie was born.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Marie_Grosholtz (664 words)

	Madame Tussaud's
		Marie Tussaud (1761-1850), née Marie Grosholtz (sometimes spelled Grossholtz or Grossholz), learned her trade from Philippe Curtius who was running his own wax museum in Palais Royal[?], Paris.
		He and Marie Tussaud created wax heads out of heads of the victims of guillotine during the French Revolution.
		In 1802 Marie Tussaud moved to London with her 4-year-old son and established her first permanent exhibition in Baker Street[?] in 1835.
	www.ebroadcast.com.au /lookup/encyclopedia/ma/Madame_Tussaud's.html (118 words)

	The New Yorker : critics : books
		Marie Antoinette, the ex-Queen of France, was thirty-seven when she was taken from her cell in the Conciergerie, the fourteenth-century fortress on the Île de la Cité, and paraded in an open oxcart to the scaffold in the Place de la Révolution, a mile away.
		Marie Antoinette is periodically disinterred in order to be reviled or celebrated or, as in recent years, to help sell clothes, as she did when she was queen.
		Fargeon’s impressions of Marie Antoinette are particularly compelling, in part because of their intimacy and his keen senses, but in part because he is a witness who, despite a vocation that depended almost entirely on an aristocratic clientele, believed ardently in the ideals of the Revolution.
	www.newyorker.com /critics/books/articles/060925crat_atlarge (3322 words)

	Madame Tussaud
		Madame Tussaud was born Marie Grosholtz in Strasbourg, France.
		It was from Curtius's exhibition that the mob obtained the busts of Jacques Necker and the Duke of Orleans that were carried by the procession when on 12 July 1789 the first blood of the French Revolution was shed.
		Marie was imprisoned for three months in 1793, on account of her Versailles connection.
	www.nndb.com /people/292/000113950 (447 words)

	The Family Travel Network
		Young Marie Grosholtz, a well-known wax modeler, was in prison and slated for execution because of her association with the royals.
		Grosholtz had been living at the Royal Court, teaching her art to the king's sister.
		Marie Grosholtz Tussaud brought them to Britain herself in 1802 when she took her growing collection and her two young children on tour.
	www.familytravelnetwork.com /articles/kdz_madametaussad.asp (835 words)

	Casebook: Jack the Ripper - Jack ´n Wax
		Madame Tussaud was born Marie Grosholtz, in Strasbourg.
		Marie could not have guessed that the railways were about to provide her with a constant supply of patronage.
		Marie continued to make wax portraits until she was 81 and sit at her table collecting the entrance fee almost to the year of her death in 1850.
	www.casebook.org /dissertations/aliffe-wax.html (4641 words)

	Madame Tussauds (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		Marie was born Anna Marie Grosholtz on December 1, 1761 in Strasbourg, France.
		Marie was a good student and learned quickly to make good models of people's faces.
		Marie made a mold of the heads of King Louis XVI and the Queen Marie Antoinette after they were beheaded.
	www2.lhric.org /pocantico/womenenc/tussauds.htm (175 words)

	The Hindu : Madame Tussaud in Madras
		Tussaud was born Marie Grosholtz in Strasbourg, France, in 176l and her father was killed in battle before her birth.
		Marie Grosholtz learnt the art of wax modelling from him and in l778, created her first noteworthy model, the head of Jean-Jacques Rousseau.
		Meanwhile, Marie Grosholtz married Francois Tussaud in l795, and they moved to England in l802 where Mme.
	www.hindu.com /mp/2004/02/23/stories/2004022300290300.htm (669 words)

	TheRaider.net - Indiana Jones Attractions
		Born in Strasbourg in 1761 and christened Marie Grosholtz Madame Tussaud became famous for her talent on sculpturing wax.
		For the first five years of her life Marie lived in Berne with her widowed mother, who worked as housekeeper for Dr Philippe Curtius — a physician with considerable skill in modelling anatomical subjects in wax.
		Dr Curtius acted as a tutor to Marie, schooling her in the techniques of wax portraiture and casting.
	www.theraider.net /information/attractions/tussaud.php (492 words)

	Uktravel.com - London Guide
		Madame Tussaud was born Marie Grosholtz in 1761 in Strasbourg.
		Marie served in the court of Louis XVI who along with Marie Antoinette was guillotined in 1793 during the French Revolution.
		She was required to make death masks of the former king and others who had suffered the same fate.
	www.uktravel.com /londontop10.asp?attID=2 (179 words)

	History News Network
		Her husband, Louis XVI, who lost his title when the monarchy was abolished, had been guillotined nine months earlier, though he was spared the indignity of riding in a tumbrel with bound hands.
		Early on the day of her death, Marie Antoinette arose from a few sleepless hours on her straw pallet and began her toilette.
		The gravediggers, as Antonia Fraser writes in her biography “Marie Antoinette: The Journey” (2001), were taking a lunch break, so they left the Queen’s head and body lying on the grass, giving a young sculptor—Marie Grosholtz, who later became Madame Tussaud—an opportunity to take a wax imprint for a death mask.
	hnn.us /roundup/entries/30485.html (557 words)

	Madame Tussaud presented in History section
		From housekeeper’s daughter to royal tutor, master model maker and thriving businesswoman, escape from the guillotine and a spell making death masks of her former aristocratic friends and employers, her life has all the hallmarks of a Hollywood blockbuster.
		Madame Tussaud was born in Strasbourg in 1761 and christened Marie Grosholtz.
		On release, Marie’s courage was again put to the test when she was forced to take death masks of executed nobles.
	www.newsfinder.org /site/comments/madame_tussaud (918 words)

	PPT Slide
		Madame Tussaud, née Marie Grosholtz, was born in Strasbourg France in ________.
		At the tender age of nineteen she was appointed art tutor to the sister of ___________________and stayed at the Palace of Versailles until she was ________ years old.
		During the French Revolution, Marie was made to take __________from the heads of prisoners who had been guillotined.
	www.mcauliffe.brevard.k12.fl.us /present/in998/tsld076.htm (167 words)

	Ashlee House - Backpackers leitfaden für London, Madame Tussauds, Marie Grosholtz, Waxfigurenkabinett, waxfiguren ...
		Born as Marie Grosholtz in 1761, Madame Tussaud gained and honed her talents in wax sculpting by working as a housekeeper for Dr. Philippe Curtius.
		Marie scoured for decapitated heads and used them as models to create death masks for some of the most important victims of the French Revolution.
		But by far, the most famous collection of Madame Tussauds is the Chamber of Horrors, which carries the death masks that the young Marie made, along with sinister depictions of infamous murderers like Jack the Ripper.
	www.ashleehouse.co.uk /GER/Guide_madame_tussauds.aspx (395 words)

	Marie Tussaud - HighBeam Encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		Tussaud, Marie, 1760-1850, Anglo-French modeler in wax, b.
		She learned her art from her uncle, Philippe Curtius, a proprietor of wax museums in Paris.
		Find newspaper and magazine articles plus images and maps related to "Tussaud, Marie" at HighBeam.
	www.encyclopedia.com /doc/1E1-tussaud.html (293 words)

	Madame Tussaud's Wax Museum in London - UK. Everything you need to know for educational visits and trips to Madame ...
		Madame Tussaud's Wax Museum starts with the story of Marie Grosholtz, born in Strasbourg in 1761.
		From her earliest childhood, Marie learnt modelling techniques with Dr Curtins.
		Her marriage to François Tussaud took her to England where as Marie Tussaud, she travelled about the country for 30 years presenting her exhibition which became world-famous.
	www.group-trotter.net /uk/places/tussaud/tussaud.html (369 words)

	Madame Tussauds - London. Bookings and information (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		Madame Tussaud (Marie Grosholtz) is born in Strasburg
		Marie becomes art tutor to the sister of King Louis XVI and moves to the royal court of Versailles
		Marie is imprisoned, sharing a cell with the future Empress Josephine.
	www.expressevents.com /tussauds (1615 words)

	Spitting Image - The Madame Tussaud's (London) Fanlisting / About (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		Madame Tussaud (1761—1850), born Marie Grosholtz in Strasbourg, worked as a housekeeper for Dr. Philippe Curtius, a physician skilled in wax modelling.
		Tussaud created her first wax figure, of Francois Marie Arouet de Voltaire, in 1777.
		She would search through corpses to find the decapitated heads of the citizens which the death masks were to depict.
	fanlisting.atsparkys.com /tussauds/about.html (445 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		Marie Grosholtz was among one of the many emigres that the league and I had saved on the last engagement in France as well as one of the few that had become what one could have called an 'associate member'.
		In spite of the fact that she was fast becoming exasperated by my inability to stay on my seat, Marie let out a small laugh from her place at the painting.
		Excusing myself from Marie, who had seen this despicable trespassing as well, I hastened my steps to assure my ears would make it outside in time for him to lay out his disastrous schemes.
	www.angelfire.com /my/sittingroom/duallife13.html (1228 words)

	Virtual NYC Tour: Times Square (Madame Tussauds,)
		It was setup by Marie Tussaud who was a wax sculptor.
		Madame Tussaud (1761-1850), born Marie Grosholtz worked as a housekeeper for Dr. Philippe Curtius, a physician skilled in wax modelling.
		During the French Revolution she made wax death masks of prominent victims.She would search through corpses to find the decapitated heads of the citizens the death masks were to depict.
	www.virtualnyctour.com /movingMap1.php?trailName=timesSquare:2:3 (298 words)

	TIME.com: Taps for a Tussaud -- Oct. 25, 1943 -- Page 1
		Tussaud, born Marie Grosholtz of Swiss parents, was an accomplished modeler in wax.
		She was friend, companion and teacher to Louis XVI's sister and lived at court at Versailles, where she knew the great personages of the period.
		But before her death in 1850 at 90, Marie Grosholtz Tussaud had made an institution of her exhibit in London's Baker Street, first permanent home of the collection.
	www.time.com /time/magazine/article/0,9171,796182,00.html (627 words)

	Online Personal Albums by Carmela71 - VirtualTourist.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		Marie Grosholtz, a well-known wax modeler, was in prison and slated for execution because of her association with the royals.
		She was given one chance to save herself—make death masks of the nobles who had been beheaded, including her friends King Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette.
		They are still on display today—along with the figures of the French royal family and the gruesome heads of King Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette.
	members.virtualtourist.com /m/tt/117bc (928 words)

	Brett Singer & Associates, LLC - TUSSAUD! THE MUSICAL (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		Having grown up in the household of Philippe Curtius, whose Wax Salon became a hotbed of revolutionary activity (and where she met such distinguished figures as Voltaire, Mirabeau and Benjamin Franklin), Marie knew all of the major players, giving her a unique window on events that would shape the future of Modern Europe.
		Brought to life by a Carnival Barker who serves as a kind of narrator in TUSSAUD!, the waxen figures from the very first Tussaud exhibition tell the story of Marie Grosholtz, who later would become known as the world-famous Madame Tussaud.
		The show intertwines her story with those of Marie Antoinette, Princess Elizabeth and Princess de Lamballe, whose lives intersected at this critical moment in history.
	www.brettsinger.com /clients/tussaud.html (326 words)

	MARIE TUSSAUD (1760-1850) - Online Information article about MARIE TUSSAUD (1760-1850)
		MARIE TUSSAUD (1760-1850) - Online Information article about MARIE TUSSAUD (1760-1850)
		ELIZABETH [1lisabeth Philippine Marie Helene of France] (1764—1794)
		Marie Grosholtz was called upon to model the heads of many of the prominent leaders and victims of the Revolution, and was herself for three months a prisoner, having fallen under the suspicion of the See also:
	encyclopedia.jrank.org /TUM_VAN/TUSSAUD_MARIE_1760_1850_.html (600 words)

	Amazon.com: "Marie Grosholtz": Key Phrase page (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		See all pages with references to Marie Grosholtz.
		On May 25, 2001, it passed within 86 miles of Callisto, one of Jupiters moons.
		the young Marie Grosholtz Tussaud started out in the late 1700s assisting a doctor who specialized in making wax anatomy forms.
	www.amazon.com /phrase/Marie-Grosholtz (411 words)

	Marie Tussaud — Infoplease.com
		In 1802 she immigrated to England, where in London in 1835 she established a museum that remains a principal tourist attraction, now known as Madame Tussauds.
		December 1 Birthdays: Samuel Kirkland - December 1 birthdays: Samuel Kirkland, Marie Tussaud, Martin Klaproth, Woody Allen, Richard Pryor, Lee Trevino, Bette Middler, Minoru Yamasaki, Mary Martin, Walter Alston
		New York house of wax: heralded by sound and light, Madame Tussaud's Faux Famous Figures arrive in Time Square.
	www.infoplease.com /ce6/people/A0849782.html (181 words)

	Madame Tussaud presented in History section
		Many were former friends from her time at court, including her former employers, the king and queen.
		Life after the French Revolution brought new problems.
		By 1800 Marie was married with two young children and an ailing business inherited from Curtius six years earlier.
	www.newsfinder.org /site/more/madame_tussaud (883 words)

	New Musicals - Tussaud Cast
		Dr. Philippe Curtius - Wax sculptor, Proprietor of Salon du Cire (the House of Wax)
		Madame Grosholtz - Housekeeper to Dr. Curtius (and probably more) Marie's mother
		Madame du Barry, Voltaire, Rousseau, Danton, Mirabeau, Marat, St. Just, Duke of Orleans, Ben Franklin, Lafayette, Robespierre's Reflection, Soup Lady, her daughter Elsa, Footman, Marie Antoinette, Louis XVI, Princess de Lamballe, Royal Children (boy and girl).
	www.newmusicals.com /Tussaud/cast_tussaud.html (128 words)

	Madame Tussaud's, London - UK
		Madame Tussaud's, London - UK Madame Tussaud's Wax Museum starts with the story of Marie Grosholtz, born in Strasbourg in 1761.
		"200 years of Madame Tussaud’s" presents for the first time an outstanding collection of exhibits which bring past, present, and future back to life in the 19th century decor Marie Tussaud used to present her collection.
		Telephone Accommodation Booking Service (Telephone accommodation reservation service of the London Tourist Board and Convention Bureau).
	www.school-trip.com /britain/tussaud/tussaud.html (398 words)

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