THORWALDSEN’S CELEBRATED BUST OF THE GREAT NAPOLEON
One of the treasured possessions of Madame Tussaud’s.
CHAPTER XVII
Father Mathew sits for his model—Tsar Nicholas I takes a fancy to Voltaire’s chair—A replica sent to him—The Rev. Peter McKenzie’s exorcism.
FATHER MATHEW, “THE NOBLE PRIEST OF CORK”
A great temperance leader whose striking resemblance to Napoleon I. caused an odd confusion in the Museum when in renovating the wax figures a servant put the head of Father Mathew on the shoulders of the deposed Emperor.