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In 1924 Woolf wrote in her diary: ‘there is a little thrush-like creature called Tomlin who wants to sculpt me.’ It took six years for Tomlin to convince the increasingly eminent novelist to sit for him. She was an acerbic critic of Tommy and a troublesome subject. She hated being ‘peered at’ and abhorred the process, writing in her diary: ‘I waste afternoon after afternoon perching in his rat-ridden and draught-riddled studio: can’t escape.’ She refused to attend the final sittings. Despite this, the bust is now viewed as arguably the most recognisable and expressive representation of Woolf.
In 1924 Woolf wrote in her diary: ‘there is a little thrush-like creature called Tomlin who wants to sculpt me.’ It took six years for Tomlin to convince the increasingly eminent novelist to sit for him. She was an acerbic critic of Tommy and a troublesome subject. She hated being ‘peered at’ and abhorred the process, writing in her diary: ‘I waste afternoon after afternoon perching in his rat-ridden and draught-riddled studio: can’t escape.’ She refused to attend the final sittings. Despite this, the bust is now viewed as arguably the most recognisable and expressive representation of Woolf.
