Definition of Marie Grosholtz

1. Noun. French modeler (resident in England after 1802) who made wax death masks of prominent victims of the French Revolution and toured Britain with her wax models; in 1835 she opened a permanent waxworks exhibition in London (1761-1850).

Exact synonyms: Madame Tussaud, Marie Tussaud, Tussaud
Generic synonyms: Modeler, Modeller

Lexicographical Neighbors of Marie Grosholtz

Marianne Craig Moore
Marianne Moore
Mariavite
Maricopa
Marie
Marie's ataxia
Marie's disease
Marie-Robinson syndrome
Marie-Strumpell disease
Marie Anne Charlotte Corday d'Armont
Marie Antoinette
Marie Charlotte Carmichael Stopes
Marie Curie
Marie Dolores Eliza Rosanna Gilbert
Marie Goeppert Mayer
Marie Grosholtz (current term)
Marie Henri Beyle
Marie Jeanne
Marie Jeanne Becu
Marie Joseph Paul Yves Roch Gilbert du Motier
Marie Louise Elisabeth Vigee-Lebrun
Marie Rose sauce
Marie Stopes
Marie Tussaud
Mariehamn
Marielito
Marielitos
Marietta
Marilla
Marilyn

Literary usage of Marie Grosholtz

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Romance of Madame Tussaud's by John Theodore Tussaud (1920)
"Although Marie Grosholtz was not married until the year 1795, it will be well to refer to her henceforth as Madame Tussaud, under which name she is ..."

2. Chambers's Biographical Dictionary: The Great of All Times and Nations by Francis Hindes Groome, David Patrick (1898)
"MADAME (1760-1850), foundress of the wax-work exhibition in London, was born Marie Grosholtz at Berne, and learned the art of modelling in wax in Paris. ..."

3. Catalogue of the Library of the Boston Athenaeum by Boston Athenaeum, Charles Ammi Cutter (1882)
"Marie (Grosholtz). Memoirs of the French Revolution; éd. bv F. Hervé. Phila., 1839. 2 v. 12°. Tasser, Thomas. Five hundred points of good ..."

4. Chambers' Encyclopædia: A Dictionary of Universal Knowledge by William Chambers, Robert Chambers (1892)
"... MADAME, the foundress of the well- known exhibition of wax-work in London, was born (Marie Grosholtz) at Berne in 1760, and learned the art of modelling ..."

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