The Shameless Lies of Madame Tussaud

<p>Initiated as a child in the art of wax modeling by her uncle, the anatomist Philippe Curtius, Marie Tussaud showed precocious talent. She apprenticed in pre-revolutionary Paris before emigrating across the English Channel in 1802.</p> <p>Traveling on British roads, from Edinburgh to York and from Manchester to Dublin, she roamed the trade fairs and stages of the United Kingdom, before creating her store in London, on Baker Street, in 1835.</p> <p>A strong character, sculptor, fairground, publisher of catalogs, and businesswoman, Tussaud skillfully built a legend around her persona. She managed to break free from masculine codes and arbitrary social origins and founded her wax museum, frequented in her time by Charles Dickens and Queen Victoria, among others.</p> <p><a href="https://medium.com/lessons-from-history/the-shameless-lies-of-madame-tussaud-ba0b0a80ba19"><strong>Visit Now</strong></a></p>