Anglo-Dutch sculptor and wood carver (1648-1721)

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Members of the Society of Artists congregated round a table. Etching by R. Sawyer, 1829.

Grinling Gibbons and the art of carving / David Esterly.

The Royal Hospital, Chelsea: view of the Pensioners cheering and waving their hats and sticks, at a King Charles's Day Parade. Wood engraving.

The marble font in St James's church, Piccadilly. Engraving by George Vertue, 1718, after Charles Woodfield, after Grinling Gibbons.

Trinity College, Cambridge: heads of two cherubs; below, a swag of leaves, berries, acorns etc. Etching by G. Greux after G. Gibbons.

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Gibbons, Grinling, 1648-1721

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The marble font in St James's church, Piccadilly. Engraving by George Vertue, 1718, after Charles Woodfield, after Grinling Gibbons.

The Royal Hospital, Chelsea: view of the Pensioners cheering and waving their hats and sticks, at a King Charles's Day Parade. Wood engraving.

Trinity College, Cambridge: heads of two cherubs; below, a swag of leaves, berries, acorns etc. Etching by G. Greux after G. Gibbons.