GRINLING See also:

• GRINLING GIBBONS (1648-1721)
• GIBBONS, JAMES (1834– )
• GIBBONS, ORLANDO (1583-1625)

GIBBONS (1648-1721)  , See also:

• ENGLISH

English See also:

• WOOD, ANTHONY A2 (1632-1695)
• WOOD, JOHN GEORGE (1827—1889)
• WOOD, MRS HENRY [ELLEN] (1814—1887)
• WOOD, SEARLES VALENTINE (1798—188o)

wood-See also:

• CARVER, JOHN (x575?-1621)
• CARVER, JONATHAN (c. 1725-1780)

carver, was See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born in 1648, according to some authorities of Dutch parents at See also:

• ROTTERDAM

Rotterdam, and according to others of English parents at See also:

• LONDON

London . By the former he is said to have come to London after the See also:

• GREAT

great See also:

• FIRE (in O. Eng. f j'r; the word is common to West German languages, cf. Dutch vuur, Ger. Feuer; the pre-Teutonic form is seen in Sanskrit pu, pavaka, and Gr. irup; the ultimate origin is usually taken to be a root meaning to purify, cf. Lat. purus)

fire in 1666 . He See also:

• EARLY
• EARLY, JUBAL ANDERSON (1816-1894)

early displayed great cleverness and ingenuity in his See also:

• ART

art, on the strength of which he was recommended by See also:

• EVELYN, JOHN (1620-1706)

Evelyn to See also:

• CHARLES
• CHARLES (1270-1325)
• CHARLES (1421-1461)
• CHARLES (1525-1574)
• CHARLES (c. 1319-1364)
• CHARLES (Fr. Charles; Span. Carlos; Ital. Carlo; Ger. Karl; derived from O.H.G. Charal,latinized as Carolus, meaning originally " man ": cf. Mod.Ger., Kerl," fellow," A.S. ceorl, Mod. Eng. " churl ")
• CHARLES (KARL EITEL ZEPHYRIN LUDWIG; in Rum. CAROL)
• CHARLES [KARL ALEXANDER] (1712-1780)
• CHARLES, ELIZABETH (1828-1896)
• CHARLES, JACQUES ALEXANDRE CESAR (1746-1823)
• CHARLES, THOMAS (1755-1814)

Charles II., who employed him in the See also:

• EXECUTION (from Lat. ex-sequor, exsecutus, follow or carry out)

execution both of statuary and of ornamental See also:

• CARVING

carving in wood . In the early See also:

• PART

part of the 18th See also:

• CENTURY (from Lat. centuria, a division of a hundred men)

century he worked for See also:

• SIR

Sir See also:

• CHRISTOPHER, SAINT (Christophorus, Christoferus)

Christopher See also:

• WREN (O. Eng. wrcknna, Mid. Eng. wrenne; Icel. rindill)
• WREN, SIR CHRISTOPHER (1632-1723)

Wren . In statuary one of his See also:

• PRINCIPAL

principal See also:

• WORKS

works is a See also:

• LIFE

life-See also:

• SIZE

size See also:

• BRONZE

bronze statue in the See also:

• COURT
• COURT (from the O. Fr. court, Late Lat. cortis, curtis, a popular form of class. Lat. cohors, gen. cohortis; the mod. Fr. form tour is due to the influence of the Lat. curia, the word used in medieval documents to translate " court " in the feudal sense)
• COURT, ANTOINE (1696-176o)

court of See also:

• WHITEHALL

Whitehall, representing See also:

• JAMES
• JAMES (Gr. 'IlrKw,l3or, the Heb. Ya`akob or Jacob)
• JAMES (JAMES FRANCIS EDWARD STUART) (1688-1766)
• JAMES, 2ND EARL OF DOUGLAS AND MAR(c. 1358–1388)
• JAMES, DAVID (1839-1893)
• JAMES, EPISTLE OF
• JAMES, GEORGE PAYNE RAINSFOP
• JAMES, HENRY (1843— )
• JAMES, JOHN ANGELL (1785-1859)
• JAMES, THOMAS (c. 1573–1629)
• JAMES, WILLIAM (1842–1910)
• JAMES, WILLIAM (d. 1827)

James II. in the See also:

• DRESS (from the Fr. dresser, to set out, arrange, formed from Lat. directus, arranged, dirigere, to direct, arrange)

dress of a See also:

• ROMAN

Roman See also:

• EMPEROR (Fr. empereur, from the Lat. imperator)

emperor, and he also designed the See also:

• BASE

base of the statue of Charles I. at Charing See also:

• CROSS

Cross . It is, however, chiefly as a sculptor in wood that he is famous . He was employed to execute the ornamental carving for the See also:

• CHAPEL

chapel at See also:

• WINDSOR
• WINDSOR (properly NEw WINDSOR)

Windsor, the foliage and festoons in the See also:

• CHOIR (0. Fr. cuer from Lat. chorus; pronounced quire, and until the end of the 17th century so spelt, the spelling being altered to agree with the Fr. chceur)

choir of St See also:

• PAUL
• PAUL (PAULUS)

Paul's, the baptismal fonts in St James's, and an immense quantity of ornamental See also:

• WORK

work at Burleigh, See also:

• CHATSWORTH

Chatsworth, and other aristocratic mansions . The finest of all his productions in this See also:

• STYLE
• STYLE (from Gr. a-6'1ms, a column; a different word from that used in literature, see below)

style is believed to be the See also:

• CEILING (from a verb " to ceil," i.e. to line or cover; of disputed etymology, but apparently connected with Fr. ciel, Lat. caelum, sky)

ceiling which he devised for a See also:

• ROOM

room at Petworth . His subjects are chiefly birds, See also:

• FLOWERS, ARTIFICIAL

flowers, foliage, See also:

• FRUIT (through the French from the Lat. fructus; frui, to enjoy)

fruit and See also:

• LACE (corresponding to Ital. merletto, trina; Genoese Pizzo; Ger. spitzen; Fr. dentelle; Dutch kanten; Span. encaje; the English word owes something to the Fr. lassis or laces, but both are connected with the earlier Lat. laqueus; early French laces were

lace, and many of his works, for delicacy and elaboration of details, and truthfulness of See also:

• IMITATION (Lat. imitatio, from intitari, to imitate)

imitation, have never been surpassed . He, however, some-times wasted his ingenuity on trifling subjects; many of his flowers used to move on their stems like their natural prototypes when shaken by a See also:

• BREEZE

breeze . In 1714 See also:

• GIBBONS, GRINLING (1648-1721)
• GIBBONS, JAMES (1834– )
• GIBBONS, ORLANDO (1583-1625)

Gibbons was appointed See also:

• MASTER (Lat. magister, related to tnagis, more, as the corresponding minister is to minus, less; the English form is due partly to the O. Eng. maegister, and partly to O. Fr. maistre, mod. maitre; cf. Du. meester, Ger. Meister, Ital. maestro)

master carver in wood to See also:

• GEORGE
• GEORGE, 8TH MARQUESS OF TWEEDDALE (1787-1876)
• GEORGE, HENRY (1839—1897)
• GEORGE, LAKE
• GEORGE, SAINT (d. 303)

George I . He died at London on the 3rd of See also:

• AUGUST (originally Sextilis)

August 1721 .