From the LA Times: "But the figure has been so carefully crafted that Victoria seems to be breathing.
Queen Victoria is the work of George Stuart, who has brought more than 300 historical personalities to life, including Marie Antoinette, Abraham Lincoln, George Washington and Louis XIV. He has made several figures of some personalities, tracing them at different stages in their lives.
About 200 of the figures are stored at the museum, which displays two dozen at a time. The exhibit changes every three months. Stuart, a Ventura County Arts Commissioner, keeps the rest of the figures at his home in Ojai.
All of the figures have remarkably human qualities. There's a trace of blue in the bulging veins of young Abraham Lincoln. Even Victoria's ear lobes droop.
It's all the result of an intricate process, which begins with research and a wire skeleton and ends with the application of handmade clothing and jewelry."
The Empress Maria Therese figure is the astonishingly talented work of George Stuart.
