Dear Mr. Tussaud,
I sent you a pair of sandals yesterday belonging to me, but to-day I have had the promise of a pair from the Prior of the Franciscans which would suit much better. I shall send them directly I receive them.
Yours sincerely,
Isabel Burton.
The monument at Mortlake, on the Thames, within which now repose the remains of Sir Richard and his wife, consists of a white marble mausoleum, sculptured in the form of an Arab tent, its cost having been partly defrayed by public subscription.
CHAPTER XXIX
Removal of the Exhibition to the present building—Sleeping “figures”—History of the Portman Rooms—The Cato Street Conspiracy—Baron Grant’s staircase.
After fifty prosperous years at the old Baker Street Rooms—now known as the Portman Rooms—it became necessary that Madame Tussaud’s should find more commodious premises to meet the growing popularity of the Exhibition.