| Statue of Virginia Woolf | |
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.jpg) The statue in 2022 | |
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| Coordinates | 51°27′29″N0°18′24″W / 51.4581°N 0.3066°W /51.4581; -0.3066 |
A statue of writerVirginia Woolf sits overlooking theThames atRichmond Riverside inLondon, United Kingdom. It was sculpted byLaury Dizengremel and erected in November 2022.[1]
The statue stands inRichmond, where Woolf established her publishing houseHogarth Press with her husband, named after Hogarth House where the two lived. Cheryl Robson, a fundraiser for the statue, mentioned that Woolf's diaries suggested she would frequently enjoy the views from the banks of the Thames around Richmond.[2][3]
In November 2021, the statue's position created some controversy in relation to thenature of Woolf's death, as she had committed suicide by drowning in a river.[4][5]
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