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This part of the exhibition was in the basement of the building and included wax heads made from the death masks of victims of the French Revolution including Marat, Robespierre, King Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette, who were modelled by Marie Tussaud herself at the time of their deaths or execution, and more recent figures of murderers and other infamous and notorious criminals.
The following is a list of wax figures which are currently displayed or have been displayed at one of the ... Marie Antoinette [96] Marie Tussaud [96] Marilyn Monroe ...
Marie Antoinette (/ ˌ æ n t w ə ˈ n ɛ t, ˌ ɒ̃ t-/; [1] French: [maʁi ɑ̃twanɛt] ⓘ; Maria Antonia Josefa Johanna; 2 November 1755 – 16 October 1793) was the last Queen of France prior to the French Revolution and the establishment of the French First Republic. Marie Antoinette was the wife of Louis XVI.
Marie Thérèse, princesse de Lamballe: Friend of Marie Antoinette; victim of the September Massacres. Gilbert du Motier, Marquis de La Fayette: General; constitutional monarchist, co-wrote the Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen. Claire Lacombe: Feminist revolutionary, founder of the Society of Revolutionary Republican Women.
The Marie-Antoinette figure could have been a society lady or a cross-dresser, the pockmarked man Montesquiou himself. It was suggested that a gathering of the French decadent avant-garde of the time could have made a sinister impression on the two middle-class Edwardian spinsters who would have been little used to such company.
A mysterious 18th century necklace made from around 500 diamonds, some of which are believed to have been taken from a piece that contributed to French Queen Marie Antoinette's demise, will go on ...
However, Oscar eclipsed Marie Antoinette in popularity and due to reader feedback became the co-protagonist only until her death. [9] Eri Izawa suggests that as Oscar is fictional, Ikeda could be freer in the portrayal of Oscar's life than Ikeda could be in the life of Marie-Antoinette, who had to die on the guillotine.
This is a list of characters from The Rose of Versailles, a shōjo manga created by Riyoko Ikeda which centers on the main character, Marie Antoinette, while the anime is about Oscar François de Jarjayes. Most of the characters are based on French historical personages. Main characters Marie Antoinette Marie Antoinette (マリー・アントワネット, Marī Antowanetto) is the main ...