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Title
Virginia Woolf (1882–1941)
Date
2004
Medium
bronze & Portland stone
Measurements
H 39 x W 38 x D 14 cm (E);
Plinth: H 143 x W 45 x D 34 cm (E)
Accession number
NW1_CRH_S044
Acquisition method
commissioned by the Virginia Woolf Society of Great Britain
Work type
Bust
Owner
The Duke of Bedford
Custodian
London Borough of Camden Council
Work status
extant
Unveiling date
26th June 2004
Access
time restrictions apply
Access note
Park opening hours.
Inscription description
carved in the plinth immediately under the bust: VIRGINIA WOOLF / 1882-1941; on a steel plate screwed to the plinth lower down: Virginia Woolf lived in a house formerly on the south side of / Tavistock Square from 1924 to 1939 where most of her / greatest novels were written and published / Then one day walking round Tavistock Square I made up, / as I sometimes make up my books, To the Lighthouse; in / a great, apparently involuntary, rush.' / This memorial was erected by the / Virginia Woolf Society of Great Britain / 26 June 2004