Marie Tussaud particularly well financially, and left for Edinburgh in 1803. As a result of the Napoleonic Wars, Tussaud was unable to return to France so she travelled with her collection throughout the British Isles. In 1822, she reunited with her other son, François, who joined her in the family business. Her husband remained in France and the two never saw each other again. In 1835, after 33 years touring Britain, she established her first permanent exhibition in Baker Street, on the upper floor of the "Baker Street Bazaar". In 1838, she wrote her memoirs. In 1842, she made a self-portrait which
Baker Street Irregulars and one shilling) for a vital clue, to collect data for his investigations. The group appears in the first Sherlock Holmes story, "A Study In Scarlet" (1887). They also appear in the next novel, "The Sign of the Four" (1890), in which one of the chapters is titled "The Baker Street Irregulars". The Baker Street Irregulars ("my Baker Street boys") later appear in "The Adventure of the Crooked Man" (1893). Baker Street Irregulars The Baker Street Irregulars are fictional characters who appear in various Sherlock Holmes stories, as street boys who are employed by Holmes as intelligence agents. The name