Wax sculpture: Quick Facts

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Wax figure of Marie Tussaud dressed in an elaborate ruffled gown with flowers in her styled hair, posed with hands folded in her lap.

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Patience Wright

American artist

Tussaud, Marie

Marie Tussaud

French modeler