Waxwork Collection

Effigy of Lord Nelson at Westminster Abbey, London, Victorian period

Waxwork Effigies in Westminster Abbey, 1872
A verger of Westminster Abbey guiding visitors to the waxwork funeral effigies of the Ragged Regiment or Play of Dead Folks, 1872

Advert, King Edward I in Madame Tussauds Waxworks. 1880

John Tussaud in studio 1905 John Tussaud in his studio 1905
John Tussaud at work in his modelling studio. Date: 1905

Mrs Salmons Waxworks in Fleet Street, London, the Madame Tussaud. Waxworks of Kings and Queens. There was a figure on crutches at the door and Old Mother Shipton, a witch from the 16th century

Caricature of Ambrose Maynard, theatrical agent, depicted as a parody of Shakespeare. 1883

Madame Tussauds, Marylebone Road, London
Madame Tussauds waxwork museum in Marylebone Road, London. Date: circa 1920

Madame Tussauds museum, Marylebone Road, London
Madame Tussauds waxworks museum, Marylebone Road, London. Date: circa 1905

Famous folk in wax in the Sketch
Black and white photographs of famous faces made into waxworks by M Pierre Imans to adorn big shops and stores in Paris to boost sales

Madame Tussauds waxwork museum, London
Madame Tussauds waxwork museum, Marylebone Road, London. Date: circa 1905

Aerial view, Madame Tussauds waxwork museum, London
Aerial view of Madame Tussauds waxwork museum and Baker Street underground station in Marylebone Road, London. circa 1910

Parisien wax-modellers at work in the Tatler
Image depicting the art of the Parisien wax-modeller, showing artists colouring the faces and supplying heads with hair. The wax models were often required to represent a fashionable woman for

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