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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).
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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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