Statues Of People

    The wax museum is a collection of waxworks of well-known figures in history and contemporaries. These sculptures are full-length statues of people dressed in real costumes. Some wax museums have special galleries that display background sounds and noises and display terrifying statues. Some museums display samples of medical wax used for training by medical professionals.

    Wax figures are also on display in many historical monuments other than wax museums. The practice of setting up wax museums may have originated at least as early as the 18th century. Waxed final effigies and some other figures are on display in the tombs of the royal family. During the funerals of European monarchs it became customary to cast their real costumes in full-figures form.

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    In medieval Europe it was customary for the royal family to carry their dead bodies over coffins. But if it was not safe, their full-length was figures, dressed in place of the dead body, were taken to the coffin and then placed in their grave or in some part of the church.

    This event necessitated the making of fully human candles. The wax museum at Westminster Monastery in London houses a collection of wax figures of the British royal family dating back to the time of Edward III of England (died 1377). Also on display are portraits of Horatio Nelson and Richmond’s Queen Francis Schwartz (and his client).

    Their statues have not been placed on coffins since the funeral of Charles II in 1680. However, wax figures were later made for display. His candlestick was placed on an oblong pedestal on the tomb of Charles II until the removal of all wax figures from the monastery of Westminster in the early 19th century. The practice of waxing was widespread in European palaces, including France.

    Antoine Benoist (1632 – 1717) was royal painter and wax worker of king Louis 43 ordered statues to be displayed throughout France. Praising the sculptor’s skill, King James II of England invited him to England in 1684. The sculptor accepted the invitation and went to England where he sculpted wax figures of the king and his courtiers. In 1740, the Danish royal painter Johann Salomon Wahl created wax figures of the king and Queen of Denmark.