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 for some more info. 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...
Born Torquay, Devon. Other work in London: 'Abundance' on Thames House, Queen Street Place and the monument for Thomas Joseph Tate in the St. Marylebone Cemetery, East End Road, N3. Moved to Americ...
Sculptor. Â Born Edinburgh. Â Successfully established a studio in Rome for 10 years, and then also in London. Â Portrait busts a speciality. At one stage we had Thomas Campbell the sculptor confused...
Sculptor.  Born Forest Hill into a family of Swiss origin.  Died London.  Other work in London: Passmore Edwards Library E3, Methodist Central Hall (with Henry Poole) and the 1893 Perseus Rescuing ...
Sculptor. Born in Worcester. Â Ornamental Passions has some comments on his work generally and at Admiralty Arch in particular. Â Died at 4 Dorset Square.
Sculptor. Born Bradford and studied at Nottingham School of Art where he met his wife, who also studied sculpture there. See Mary Gillick for more information. Other work in London includes: An a...
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