Four female scholars break the mould as statues to appear in Trinity library

Maggi Hambling's 'A Sculpture For Mary Wollstonecraft' in Newington Green, north London. Picture: Aaron Chown/PA Wire

Four new sculptures of female scholars are to be commissioned at Trinity College Dublin (TCD), the first time women are to be featured amongst the figures on display at its prestigious library.

With 40 marble busts, all men, currently on display at the university’s Old Library, it decided to commission a series of sculptures of women as a “first-step” towards a better representation of diversity.