&sq=&lang=&file=File:Question_book-new.svg){kind=small} | An editor has performed a search and found that sufficient sources exist to establish the subject's notability. (November 2021) |
&sq=&lang=&file=File:La_M%C3%AAnag%27gie_d%27J%C3%A8rri_siez_Durrell_2013_169.jpg)
&sq=&lang=&file=File:Dylan_Thomas,_Maritime_Quarter,_Swansea.JPG)
&sq=&lang=&file=File:Biberach_Statue_Johann_Baptist_Pflug.jpg)
&sq=&lang=&file=File:Sherlock_Holmes_monument_in_Meiringen.jpg)
&sq=&lang=&file=File:The_Beatles_statue_(1984)_by_John_Doubleday_-_Cavern_Walks_Shopping_Centre.jpg)
&sq=&lang=&file=File:Dorothy_L._Sayers.jpg)
&sq=&lang=&file=File:Brythnoth_statue_Maldon_(cropped).jpg)
&sq=&lang=&file=File:Statue_of_Brunel,_Bristol_Temple_Meads_station_forecourt_01.jpg)
Statues by Doubleday from top, left to right: Gerald Durrell in Jersey Zoo, Dylan Thomas in Swansea, Johann Baptist Pflug in Biberach an der Riss, Sherlock Holmes in Meiringen, The Beatles near The Cavern Club, Dorothy L. Sayers in Witham, Byrhtnoth in Maldon and Isambard Kingdom Brunel in Bristol.
John Doubleday (born 9 October 1947)[1] is a British sculptor and painter.[2] His work includes statues of political leaders such as Nelson Mandela and Golda Meir as well as cultural icons such as The Beatles, Sherlock Holmes and Laurel and Hardy.[3]
Doubleday was born in 1947 in Langford,[4] near Maldon, Essex and studied sculpture at Goldsmiths College.[5] In 2014, he unveiled a statue of Herbert George Columbine which is the United Kingdom's only statue of a named army private.[6]
- ^ Kay 1976, p. 98.
- ^ "Paintings". John Doubleday. Archived from the original on 20 November 2021. Retrieved 20 November 2021.
- ^ "Bronze master Internationally renowned Essex sculptor John Doubleday has produced portraitures of the likes of Nelson Mandela, The Beatles and Sherlock Holmes. He tells us how his 'restless creative spirit' drives him to constantly improve himself". BBC. 9 June 2009. Archived from the original on 19 November 2021. Retrieved 19 November 2021.
- ^ "The life and soul of artist John Doubleday". Great British Life. 3 June 2013. Archived from the original on 20 November 2021. Retrieved 20 November 2021.
- ^ "John Doubleday". John Doubleday. Archived from the original on 20 November 2021. Retrieved 20 November 2021.
- ^ "Only statue of named army private in the UK created by local artist is unveiled". Maldon Standard. 9 August 2014. Archived from the original on 19 November 2021. Retrieved 19 November 2021.