Dear Antoine, I would suggest writing to Madame Tussauds in London. I think they do have an archive.
Best wishes, Allen -----Original Message----- From: 'Antoine Capet' via ChurchillChat [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: 21 October 2016 17:59 To: [email protected] Subject: [ChurchillChat] Re: effigies of Churchill at Madame Tussaud's Dear All, May I tap your expertise again ? - this time on the various effigies of Churchill at Madame Tussaud's. The Finest Hour site speaks of seven : On the day of his wedding, Churchill had been honored with the distinction of appearing as a waxwork effigy at Madame Tussaud’s. It was the first of a total of seven effigies throughout his life. http://www.winstonchurchill.org/the-life-of-churchill/rising-politician/1901-1909/autumn-1908-age-34 On the Web, however, there are several quotations from a book on Madame Tussaud’s which says there were ten : The first sculpture of a young Winston Churchill was made in 1908, with a total of ten made since. Pamela Pilbeam Madame Tussaud: And the History of Waxworks. Any comments ? With all best wishes, A.C. Professor Antoine CAPET, FRHistS Head of British Studies University of Rouen 76821 Mont-Saint-Aignan France [email protected] 'Britain since 1914' Section Editor Royal Historical Society Bibliography Reviews Editor of CERCLES http://www.cercles.com/review/reviews.html ========================================== --- L'absence de virus dans ce courrier électronique a été vérifiée par le logiciel antivirus Avast. https://www.avast.com/antivirus -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "ChurchillChat" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/churchillchat. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "ChurchillChat" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/churchillchat. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
