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Charlie Chaplin

London 1889 - Vevey 1977
English comic actor and filmmaker
(Wikipedia)

John Doubleday
1981

Description

Bronze statue. The walking stick is missing.

Signature

Doubleday 1979

Annotation

Identical with the statue in Vevey, Switzerland.

Artist

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

Sources & Information

Wikipedia, List of public art in the City of Westminster.
Bob Speel, London sculpture.
John Blackwood, London's Immortals: The Complete Outdoor Commemorative Statues (London: Savoy, 1989), p. 142-143.
Andrew Kershman, London's Monuments (London: Metro Publ., 2013), p. 29-30.
Peter Matthews, London's Statues and Monuments (Botley: Shire, 2012), p. 99.

Location (N 51°30'40" - W 0°7'49") (Satellite view: Google Maps)

Item Code: gblo091; Photograph: 4 August 2014
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