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.
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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...
The inscription is quite badly damaged but we found a transcription in a 1776...
