Dorothy Susan Doughty (

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1892 – 6 October 1962) was a British sculptor and

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, much of whose best work was produced for

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, specialising in representations of birds.

Early life and education

She was the elder daughter of poet, writer, and traveller

Charles Montagu Doughty Charles Montagu Doughty (19 August 1843 – 20 January 1926) was a British poet, writer, explorer, adventurer and traveller, best known for his two-volume 1888 travel book '' Travels in Arabia Deserta''. Early life and education Son of Rev. Ch ...

and Caroline Amelia, daughter of General Sir William Montagu Scott McMurdo. Her father was great-grandson of the politician and judge

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. Doughty was educated at Eastbourne School of Art, where she became a keen naturalist and ornithologist. Her sister, Frederica Gertrude ("Freda"; 1895-1972) was also a sculptor and potter, including working with her sister for Royal Worcester.

Career

Doughty is mostly known for her collection of porcelain American birds. She modeled a series of thirty-six pairs and three individual models of American birds, which were designed between 1933 and 1960. They were produced by

, a British porcelain firm. An entire series of her porcelain birds are exhibited at the

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and The Art Collection at Hebrew Home at Riverdale in

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, and at Audubon House of Pelican Island Audubon Society in Vero Beach, Florida. Towards the end of her life, she also designed British birds, which were put into production after her death. She and her sister Freda lived together in Kent, later moving to a cliff-top house with a shared garden studio at Falmouth,

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. Where Dorothy specialized in birds, Freda's artistic focus was on depictions of children; so popular were two of her designs that they were credited with having "single-handedly kept the factory open" during a sales lull in the 1950s.

Later life and death

Charles Montagu Doughty - Golders Green Crematorium

Doughty was cremated at

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References

Bibliography

* Savage, George. ''The American Birds of Dorothy Doughty''. Worcester: Worcester Royal Porcelain Co, 1962.

External links

Biography
Worcester Porcelain Museum {{DEFAULTSORT:Doughty, Dorothy 1892 births 1962 deaths 20th-century British sculptors People from Sanremo 20th-century British women sculptors