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500 to 1000 dols. ALSO--_A Collection of upwards of_ 50 elegant Figures of WAXWORK, Large as Life, among which are the following (the most interesting) viz. The late King of France, taking an affectionate leave of his family just before he suffered under the guillotine: The Queen appears in a rage of distraction--the King's Sister deeply affected--the young Princess is fainting--and the Dauphin is embracing his unhappy Father--the Queen's Maid of Honor also appears in great distress. A guard of Soldiers are waiting to conduct him to the place of execution. This is an affecting scene which appears as natural as the life, and is the most interesting group of WAX FIGURES that ever was exhibited to the United States. GEORGE WASHINGTON, late President of the United States, is elegantly situated in the centre of the Museum Hall, surrounded by four beautiful _Wax Figures_, representing LIBERTY, with the staff and cap--JUSTICE, with the sword and balance--PEACE, with the olive branch extended and PLENTY, with a cornucopia, or horn of plenty, loaded with fruit. Dr. FRANKLIN, sitting at a table, with the late Dr. STILES, President of Yale College, Connecticut. The _New-York Beauty_. The _Sleeping Nymph_. A Tea Party of Young Ladies, with a Servant Negro Girl. The _Salem Beauty_. _Maternal Affection_, or a Lady with two beautiful Children. The _Boston Beauty_. _Sir Charles Grandison_ and _Miss Harriet Byron_. _Charlotte_ weeping at the Tomb of _Werter_.--_Humphreys_ and _Mendoza_, the celebrated English Boxers. The domestic Cottager, at the spinning wheel. The venerable _John S. Hutton_, who lately died in Philadelphia, aged 108 years and 4 months, drest with the same cloathes which he wore when living, with his own cane, pipe, tobacco-box, &c. The assassination of MARAT, by the beautiful Miss CHARLOTTE CORDE, in France. Two Greenwich Pensioners. The late unfortunate Baron TRENCK, loaded with large iron chains in a real Prison. An Indian Warrior, with his tomahawk, belts of wampum, &c. Two Chinese Mandarines, drest in the modern stile of that country. Also, two Mandarines, deposited in the Museum, For Sale. _With a great variety of_ Natural and Artificial Curiosities; Among which are a great variety of _
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