Virginia Woolf (1882–1941)
Virginia Woolf (1882–1941)
Virginia Woolf (1882–1941)
Virginia Woolf (1882–1941)
Virginia Woolf (1882–1941)

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A bronze bust of Virginia Woolf on a five-foot-high (1.5 m) plinth of Portland stone. This is a copy of the bust in the National Portrait Gallery. The plinth was designed by Stephen Barkway.
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

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Located at

Tavistock Square Gardens, Bloomsbury

WC1H 9NE

Located in the south west corner of the gardens.