British sculptress Clare Sheridan (cousin of Winston Churchill) spent three days at Chaplin’s home in November 1921 working on a bust of him.
She insisted during this time that he wear a robe, not only because she wanted him to be bare-throated, but because "a man in his dressing gown does not suddenly get a notion to order his motor car and go off to someplace."
Upon reviewing the finished bust for the first time, Charlie exclaimed, “It might be the head of a criminal, mightn’t it?” He explained his reaction by noting the similarities between the mind of a criminal and that of an artist.
According to Chaplin biographer David Robinson, the bust is still on display at Chaplin’s final home in Switzerland.
