Person    | Male  Born 14/4/1648  Died 3/8/1721

Grinling Gibbons

Categories: Sculpture

Countries: Netherlands

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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Bow Street

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Charles I statue

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James II statue

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King Charles II statue - Chelsea Hospital

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Robert Clayton statue

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