John Doubleday
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John Doubleday (b. 1947) is a British painter and sculptor famous for his public sculptures and statues.
Doubleday was born in 1947 in Langford, near Maldon and studied sculpture at Goldsmith's College. He has enjoyed a successful career as a public sculptor since his first one-man show at the Waterhouse and Dodd Gallery, London in 1968.
His commissioned portraits include:
- HRH Prince Philip
- Golda Meir
- Charlie Chaplin (at Leicester Square, London)
- Dylan Thomas
- The Beatles (in Liverpool)
- Sir Laurence Olivier
- Sherlock Holmes (at Marylebone Road / Baker Street, London and at Meiringen, Switzerland)
- Gerald Durrell (at the Jersey Zoo, Jersey)
- Nelson Mandela (in South Africa)
