Marie Tussaud

A wax sculpture of young Marie Tussaud holding the wax head of Benjamin Franklin

Madame Tussaud

Marie in her workshop

Madame Tussaud

Famous tableau of Marie going to the Madeleine Cemetary in search of the severed heads the Assembly wanted her to model

Madame Tussaud

The Du Barry tableau which was a strong draw at the Salon de Cire in Paris

Robespierre

Robespierre

Wax head of Robespierrre created by Madame Tussaud

Lucile Desmoulins

Marat

The Death of Marat by Jaqcues Louis David

Philippe Curtius

A wax bust of Curtius

King Louis XVI

King Louis XVI

King Louis XVI

The King in a red liberty cap

King Louis XVI

King Louis at the Temple prison

King Louis XVI

The king’s trial

Marie Antoinette

Marie Antoinette as the young Dauphine

Marie Antoinette

Marie in her “scandalous” chemise gown

Marie Antoinette

Marie as she looked in prison

Marie Antoinette

The Queen’s chamber in Versailles

Marie Antoinette

Marie Antoinette

The queen’s last chemise

Princess Elisabeth

Elisabeth’s home, Montreuil

Princess Elisabeth

Madame Elisabeth

The Royal Children

The Dauphin

The Royal Children

Madame Royale, Marie Antoinette’s only living daughter

Duc d’Orleans

The Duc d’Orleans, cousin to King Louis XVI and owner of the Palais Royale

Rose Bertin

A likely portrait of Rose Bertin

Charles Brothers

The Charles brothers and their hydrogen balloon

Danton

Georges Danton

Danton

Madame Danton with their son

Minor chararcters

The Baron de Besenval, Captain of the Swiss Guards

Minor Characters

Eleonore Duplay, Robespierre’s love interest

Minor Characters

Grace Dalrymple Elliott, a famous actress who was sent to prison during the Reign of Terror

Minor Characters

Josephine and Napoleon. Both of them lived through the Reign of Terror, and supposedly, Madame Tussaud met Josephine (then called Rose) while in prison

Minor Characters

Madame Necker, wife of Jacques Necker, the King’s Minister of Finance

Minor Characters

William Pitt, the Prime Minister of England during France’s Reign of Terror

Minor Characters

Saint-Just, the prosecutor who sentenced thousands of men and women to the guillotine

Minor Characters

Marquis de Lafayette, American war hero and leader during France’s Revolution