Jacob Epstein of Epstein's early commissions is "Oscar Wilde's tomb" in Père Lachaise Cemetery, Paris, "which was condemned as indecent and at one point was covered in tarpaulin by the French police." Between 1913 and 1915, Epstein was associated with the short-lived Vorticism movement and produced one of his best known sculptures "The Rock Drill". In 1915, John Quinn, wealthy American collector and patron to the modernists, bought some Epstein sculptures to add to his private collection. In 1916, Epstein was commissioned by Viscount Tredegar to produce a bronze head of Newport poet W. H. Davies. The bronze, regarded by many as
Sally Hepworth Clementine Rose. Sally Hepworth Sally Hepworth is a writer based in Melbourne, Australia. She is the author of five books, most notably "The Secrets of Midwives", a novel she published in 2015. Hepworth and her works have been featured in media outlets that have included USA Today, The New York Times, and The Sydney Morning Herald. Hepworth worked in both event management and Human Resources prior to her career as a writer. While on maternity leave with her first child, Hepworth wrote "Love Like the French", a novel about a British woman who goes to France after an accident leaves