91³Ô¹ÏÍø

Person    | Male  Born 1630  Died 1700

Caius Gabriel Cibber

Categories: Sculpture

Countries: Denmark

Caius Gabriel Cibber

Sculptor. Born Denmark. Came to England in about 1655 and arrived in London by 1660. Also carved the amazing statues of Melancholy and Raving Madness that used to adorn the entrance gates of Bethlem (Bedlam) Hospital (when it was at Moorfields) and can now be seen in a small museum in Kent at the Bethlem Royal Hospital. Father of writer Colley Cibber. Died London, buried in the Danish church, Wellclose Square, which he had designed, but that was demolished in 1870.

Comments are provided by Facebook, please ensure you are signed in to see them

This section lists the memorials where the subject on this page is commemorated:
Caius Gabriel Cibber

Commemorated ati

This section lists the memorials created by the subject on this page:
Caius Gabriel Cibber

Creations i

Charles II statue - Soho Square

Erected in the King's lifetime - see Fenner Brockway for our list of other su...

91³Ô¹ÏÍø

Resurgam

This phoenix represents the rebirth of the old Cathedral, lost in the Great F...

91³Ô¹ÏÍø

The Monument - west and north

The bas relief by Cibber is worthy of close examination.  It shows a woman on...

91³Ô¹ÏÍø

Other Subjects

Charles Auguste Lebourg

Charles Auguste Lebourg

Charles-Auguste Lebourg was a French sculptor, best known for the sculptural design of the Wallace fountains, which are found in virtually every quarter of Paris and in various cities throughout th...

Person, Sculpture, France

1 memorial
Thomas H. Wren

Thomas H. Wren

From Bonhams: Wren was apprenticed at the Compton pottery set up by Mary Watts. After her husband's death Wren was commissioned to produce the memorial relief for Postman's Park and also, after a d...

Person, Sculpture

1 memorial
G. F. Watts

G. F. Watts

Born in London. His piano-making father named him after Handel. Member of the Holland Park Circle, an informal group of 19th-century artists based in the Holland Park district, especially in Melbu...

Person, Art, Sculpture

17 memorials
F. W. Pomeroy

F. W. Pomeroy

Born London. His London work includes the 1906 Lady Justice on the dome of the Old Bailey and from Speel we learn that Pomeroy also did four enormous figures on the upstream side of Vauxhall Bridge...

Person, Sculpture

4 memorials
Henry Ross

Henry Ross

Sculptor. All we could find is at RootsChat: "Ann Dent Winbolt b. 1770, Surrey. She married Wm Ross 1796. He was a White smith /iron monger  accurate. (Had son Henry Ross b 1817 sculptor, m. Jane C...

Person, Sculpture

1 memorial