Dorothy Susan Doughty (Sanremo 1892 – 6 October 1962) was a British sculptor and potter, much of whose best work was produced for Royal Worcester, specialising in representations of birds.

Early life and education

She was the elder daughter of poet, writer, and traveller Charles Montagu Doughty and Caroline Amelia, daughter of General Sir William Montagu Scott McMurdo.[1][2][3] Her father was great-grandson of the politician and judge Beaumont Hotham, 2nd Baron Hotham.[4]

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.[5][6]

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 Royal Worcester, a British porcelain firm. An entire series of her porcelain birds are exhibited at the Stark Museum of Art in Orange, Texas and The Art Collection at Hebrew Home at Riverdale in Riverdale, New York, 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, Cornwall. 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.[7][8][9]

Later life and death

Plaque dedicated to Doughty and her parents at Golders Green Crematorium

Doughty was cremated at Golders Green Crematorium.[10]

References

  1. ↑ Geographers: Biobibliographical Studies, Volume 21, ed. Patrick H. Armstrong, Geoffrey Martin, Bloomsbury, 2001, p. 12
  2. ↑ The Life of C. M. Doughty, David George Hogarth, Doubleday, Doran, Inc., 1929, p. 125
  3. ↑ The Plantagenet Roll of the Blood Royal, The Mortimer-Percy Volume, Melville Henry Massue, Genealogical Publishing Co., 1994 (reprint), pp. 523
  4. ↑ Burke's Peerage, Baronetage and Knightage, 107th edition, vol. 2, ed. Charles Mosley, Burke's Peerage Ltd, p. 1975
  5. ↑ God's Fugitive: The Life of Charles Montagu Doughty, Andrew Taylor, Harper Collins, 1999, p. 335
  6. ↑ "Ashmolean".
  7. ↑ God's Fugitive: The Life of Charles Montagu Doughty, Andrew Taylor, Harper Collins, 1999, p. 335
  8. ↑ "Archived copy" (PDF). www.worcesterporcelainmuseum.org.uk. Archived from the original (PDF) on 28 September 2011. Retrieved 12 January 2022.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  9. ↑ "Freda Doughty | Museum of Royal Worcester".
  10. ↑ "Dorothy Doughty (1892-1962)". Find a Grave. Retrieved 27 April 2022.

Bibliography

  • Savage, George. The American Birds of Dorothy Doughty. Worcester: Worcester Royal Porcelain Co, 1962. OCLC 192167614
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