Sir Jacob Epstein (1880-1959)

Lydia was a waitress at Epstein's favourite Chinese restaurant on Wardour Street where, as an alternative to the cinema or the music hall, he liked to spend a relaxing evening (see S. Gardiner, Epstein: Artist Against the Establishment, London, 1992, p. 315). Epstein made three busts of her between 1929 and 1934.