Gibbons, Grinling, 1648–1721, English wood carver and sculptor,
b. Rotterdam. From the reign of Charles II to that of George I
he was master wood carver to the crown. Sir Christopher Wren
employed him for architectural decoration. Blenheim, Whitehall
Palace, and the library of Trinity College, Cambridge, contain
masterly carvings by Gibbons. Other works include a marble font
in St. James's, Piccadilly, and a bronze statue of James II
outside the National Gallery, London. The Columbia Electronic
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