. ▁One ▁of ▁the ▁main ▁attra ctions ▁of ▁her ▁museum ▁was ▁the ▁Chamber ▁of ▁Hor ror s . ▁The ▁name ▁is ▁often ▁cred ited ▁to ▁a ▁contrib utor ▁to ▁P unch ▁in ▁ 1 8 4 5 , ▁but ▁T uss aud ▁appears ▁to ▁have ▁origin ated ▁it ▁herself , ▁using ▁it ▁in ▁advert ising ▁as ▁early ▁as ▁ 1 8 4 3 . ▁ ▁This ▁part ▁of ▁the ▁exhibition ▁included ▁vict ims ▁of ▁the ▁French ▁Revolution ▁and ▁newly ▁created ▁figures ▁of ▁murder ers ▁and ▁other ▁crim inals . ▁Other ▁famous ▁people ▁were ▁added , ▁including ▁Lord ▁Nelson ▁and ▁Sir ▁Walter ▁Scott . ▁ ▁Some ▁sculpt ures ▁still ▁exist ▁that ▁were ▁made ▁by ▁Marie ▁T uss aud ▁herself . ▁The ▁gallery ▁originally ▁contained ▁some ▁ 4 0 0 ▁different ▁figures , ▁but ▁fire ▁damage ▁in ▁ 1 9 2 5 , ▁couple d ▁with ▁German ▁bomb s ▁in ▁ 1 9 4 1 , ▁sever ely ▁dam aged ▁most ▁of ▁such ▁older ▁models . ▁The ▁cast s ▁themselves ▁have ▁surv ived , ▁allowing ▁the ▁historical ▁w ax works ▁to ▁be ▁re made , ▁and ▁these ▁can ▁be ▁seen ▁in ▁the ▁museum ' s ▁history ▁exhib it . ▁The ▁oldest ▁figure ▁on ▁display ▁is ▁that ▁of ▁Madame ▁du ▁Barry , ▁the ▁work ▁of ▁Cur ti us ▁from ▁ 1 7 6 5 ▁and ▁part ▁of ▁the ▁w ax works ▁left ▁to ▁Gro sh olt z ▁at ▁his ▁death . ▁Other ▁faces ▁from ▁the ▁time ▁of ▁T uss aud ▁include ▁Rob esp ierre ▁and ▁George