WOOLNER, THOMAS, English sculptor, born at Hadleigh, in Suffolk; sympathised with the Pre-Raphaelite movement; did a number of statues (one of Bacon for Oxford), busts of famous contemporariesCarlyle, Darwin, Tennyson, &c.and ideal works, such as Elaine, Ophelia, Guinevere, &c.; was a poet as well as a sculptor (1826-1892).

These busts are all the production either of Canova himself, or made by his pupils under his direction; they are not the least remarkable ornament of the place.

David blows in all 'is bleedin' capital, 'e busts in 'is 'ealth, an' may be, 'e's afraid o' somepin' worse.

"You must be bored to death, if these old busts are all the society you keep.

The bust of Nelson in the armoury at Windsor is her work.

A bust here, a picture there, a coloured plate, a crucifix, and a Madonna and Child in a niche: that was all the decoration save tapestry.