Born Rotterdam. Wood carver and sculptor. Other works in London: a marble font in St James's Piccadilly, carvings in Whitehall Palace. Lived and died in Bow Street. See Discovering London for some more info. A London Inheritance has a good post on St Mary Abchurch where a fine and rare piece of Gibbons carving can be seen.
Famed for his skill in wood, at least half of his professional output was in stone.
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Grinling Gibbons
Bow Street was formed about 1637. It has been the residence of many notable m...
St Martin within Ludgate King Cadwal built the first church here, just inside...
In the mid 16th century this site was the timber yard for the nearby Whitehal...
This section lists the memorials created by the subject on this page:
Grinling Gibbons
Made in 1633 during Charles I's reign, London’s oldest bronze statue was inte...
Sculpted by Grinling Gibbons or one of his pupils this is considered a very f...
Nothing like a gilded statue on a cloudless day. The statue is of brass and w...
The inscription is quite badly damaged but we found a transcription in a 1776...
Sculptor. Born Brixton, son of the sculptor Robert Lindsey-Clark. He studied at Cheltenham and the City and Guilds School, Kensington. Served as a captain in WW1 but wounded in action receiving a D...
Portrait sculptor and medallist. Born Staines. Died at home home, Acton Green Lodge, Chiswick.
Bob Speel tells us that this sculptor's works are rare, in London at least, but he knows of some in Salisbury and Oxford. The NPG has "Hope-Pinker".
Nicholas Stradling John was born on 8 November 1968, the eldest of the three sons of David S. John and Janice M. John née Coombs. His birth was registered in the 4th quarter of 1968 in the Cardiff ...
United Kingdom citizen who died in the terrorist attacks in America on 11 September 2001. Avnish Ramanbhai Patel was born on 2 May 1973 in Lambeth and lived with his parents in Clapham until he wa...
Councillor and member of Housing Committee, Parmiter Street, 1926. Councillor and on the Bethnal Green Baths Committee in 1926.
City of Westminster Juan Pablo Viscardo y Guzman, 1748 - 1798, Peruvian essayist, herald of Latin American Independence.
Architect. Born Glasgow. Studied in Paris and returned to gain significant commisions in Glasgow. His first work in London was the Edward VII Galleries at the British Museum, for which he was kn...
Ballet dancer. Partnered Margot Fonteyn. A Governor of the Royal Ballet.
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