3-047-144 - The Print Collector/Heritage Images

'Jack the Giant Killer', 1925. Illustration of a wax tableau at Madame Tussauds, a wax museum founded in London in 1835 by the French sculptor Marie Tussaud. '...a tableau to rejoice the hearts of all boys and girls, think you not? The wicked giant has sunk into the pit that has been dug for him, and Jack the Giant Killer is coming on to attack the monster. You can see it will be all over with the giant in a minute'. From "Madame Tussaud's: The Palace of Enchantment" described by Capt. Edric Vredenburg, illustrated by Howard Davie, [Raphael Tuck & Sons Ltd, London, 1925]