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Dorothy L. Sayers

Oxford 1893 - Witham 1957
English crime writer, poet, playwright, essayist, translator and Christian humanist
(Wikipedia)

John Doubleday
Art Bronze Foundry (Chelsea)
1994

Description

Bronze statue of Sayers with her cat.

Inscription(s)

On both sides of the pedestal:

DOROTHY L. SAYERS
1893 - 1957

Signed: Doubleday 1994 1/1
and on the pedestal: john doubleday
sculptor
cast by
art bronze foundry
j.b. slythe
stonemasons

Sculptor

John Doubleday (Langford, Essex 1947), British painter and sculptor (Website – Wikipedia).

Sources & Information

Braintree Community Centre, Public Art Directory.

Location (N 51°48'3" - E 0°38'30")

Item Code: gbee010; Photograph: 23 July 2012
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