Madam's Toshowus waxes largely more lifeliked

Madame Tussauds wax museum.

The wax dummies in Madame Tussauds are similar to dead or sleeping bodies in that they are inanimate and seemingly lifeless. During the French Revolution Marie Grosholtz (the founder) made wax death masks of prominent victims. HCE is compared in his state of sleep / death to a wax model dummy. In fact he is so removed from his body that the wax dummies look more life-like. This would be true if HCE was dead.