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Caius Gabriel Cibber

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115: 126: 420: 33: 402: 712: 179:, and in 1679 he became a Liveryman of the same Company, remaining so until his death. He carved the company's coat of arms, and a stone mermaid pump, which stood outside Leathersellers' Hall in Little St Helen's, off Bishopsgate. The mermaid's head survives, having been discovered in excavations at St Helen's Place in 1925. 164:. He travelled to Italy to study art, where he may have changed his name from Sieber or Sibert to Cibo, to suggest connection with the Cibos, an old and noble Italian family to which 221:. He made two lifelike human statues in Portland stone entitled "Melancholy" and "Raving Madness" for the gates of the 17th century mental hospital, known as Bedlam (now 168:
had belonged. Cibber later emigrated to London, England, probably via the Netherlands. At first, he worked for the mason-sculptor John Stone, who had a workshop on
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Many of his works were, or are, on public display in London, including his statue of Charles II (1681), which still stands (rather worn away) in
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A decade or more after his arrival in London, Cibber married (as his second wife—his first wife had died) Jane Colley on 24 November 1670 at
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for unpaid gambling debts, though he was able to continue his work, and borrowed substantial sums from Edward Colley, his brother-in-law.
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in the gardens at Chatsworth has in recent years been returned to the Temple named after her; other large works there include the
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The Garden at Chatsworth, Deborah Cavendish Devonshire, pp. 14–15, 2001, Frances Lincoln Ltd,
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Boy with Bagpipes by Caius Gabriel Cibber c.1680, V&A (formerly at Stowe House)
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Court Minutes of the Leathersellers' Company, 6 May 1679, GOV/1/5
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Caius Gabriel Cibber: the Leathersellers' most famous sculptor
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in Denmark. His father was a cabinetmaker, supposedly to King
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Dictionary of British Sculptors 1660-1851 by Rupert Gunnis
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In 1668, Cibber became a Freeman, by Redemption, of the
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Tomb of Francis Musters, 1680, by Caius Gabriel Cibber,
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have been destroyed. He produced sets of sculpture for
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London: Smith, Elder & Co. 318:, and the extraordinary Sackville monument at 31: 585:Caius Cibber 1630–1700: his life and work 723:Bethlem Royal Hospital Archives + Museum 648: 453: 303:which was entirely burnt down in 1745). 124: 113: 190:who claimed descent from the sister of 739: 306:Cibber produced a number of excellent 682: 645:, New York:Columbia University Press. 473: 471: 310:, including those to the 7th and 8th 412:Monument to the Great Fire of London 253:Monument to the Great Fire of London 177:Worshipful Company of Leathersellers 621:The Garden at Chatsworth, pp. 14–15 357:Boy playing Bagpipes originally at 13: 509:The Leathersellers' Review 2005–06 468: 14: 788: 704: 710: 696:Dictionary of National Biography 418: 400: 683:Fagan, Louis Alexander (1887). 615: 599: 590: 577: 568: 559: 550: 541: 641:Barker, Richard Hindry (1939) 638:, New York: Twayne Publishers. 532: 523: 514: 498: 489: 480: 459: 333: 274: 1: 686:"Cibber, Caius Gabriel"  655:"Cibber, Caius Gabriel"  634:Ashley, Leonard R. N. (1965) 433: 299:(1688–91) and the version of 565:Ashley, p. 147; Barker, p. 4 465:Ashley, p. 171; Barker, p. 3 147: 67:1700 (aged 69–70) 7: 772:Danish emigrants to England 538:Ashley, p. 18; Barker, p. 5 529:Ashley, p. 18; Barker, p. 4 520:Ashley, p. 17; Koon, p. 194 202:. They had three children: 10: 793: 732:Victoria and Albert Museum 670:Colley Cibber: A Biography 628: 393: 369:Trinity College, Cambridge 363:Victoria and Albert Museum 352:Bethlem Museum of the Mind 316:Bottesford, Leicestershire 261:Trinity College, Cambridge 120:Victoria and Albert Museum 730:in the collection of the 101: 93: 85: 63: 45: 30: 23: 767:Danish Baroque sculptors 425:Statue of Charles II in 374:Statue of Charles II in 162:Frederick III of Denmark 661:Encyclopædia Britannica 643:Mr Cibber of Drury Lane 762:English male sculptors 247:. He also created the 223:Bethlem Royal Hospital 184:St Giles in the Fields 130: 122: 39:William Camden Edwards 777:People from Flensburg 507:, by Jerome Farrell, 255:; his reliefs at the 128: 117: 719:at Wikimedia Commons 717:Caius Gabriel Cibber 668:Koon, Helene (1986) 289:Hampton Court Palace 134:Caius Gabriel Cibber 25:Caius Gabriel Cibber 410:on the base of the 367:Statue on Library, 285:St Paul's Cathedral 251:on the base of the 212:King's Bench prison 156:in the province of 152:Cibber was born in 495:Ashley, pp. 1, 171 387:Winchester College 383:William of Wykeham 361:(1680) now in the 350:(1680) now in the 348:Bethlehem Hospital 339:Seven statues for 328:Sea Horse Fountain 322:in East Sussex. A 192:William of Wykeham 166:Pope Innocent VIII 131: 123: 79:Kingdom of England 757:English sculptors 715:Media related to 200:English Civil War 112: 111: 784: 714: 700: 688: 665: 657: 622: 619: 613: 603: 597: 594: 588: 581: 575: 572: 566: 563: 557: 554: 548: 545: 539: 536: 530: 527: 521: 518: 512: 502: 496: 493: 487: 484: 478: 475: 466: 463: 457: 451: 422: 404: 312:Earls of Rutland 308:church monuments 297:Chatsworth House 281:Christopher Wren 269:Wellclose Square 35: 21: 20: 792: 791: 787: 786: 785: 783: 782: 781: 737: 736: 728:Works by Cibber 707: 691:Stephen, Leslie 631: 626: 625: 620: 616: 604: 600: 595: 591: 582: 578: 574:Barker, pp. 3–4 573: 569: 564: 560: 555: 551: 546: 542: 537: 533: 528: 524: 519: 515: 503: 499: 494: 490: 485: 481: 476: 469: 464: 460: 452: 441: 436: 429: 423: 414: 405: 396: 336: 277: 235:Oliver Cromwell 210:prison and the 150: 81: 68: 59: 50: 41: 26: 17: 16:Danish sculptor 12: 11: 5: 790: 780: 779: 774: 769: 764: 759: 754: 749: 735: 734: 725: 720: 706: 705:External links 703: 702: 701: 680: 666: 652:, ed. 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William Camden Edwards
Flensburg
Schleswig
London
England
Kingdom of England
Colley

Victoria and Albert Museum

Colley Cibber
William III
Flensburg
Schleswig
Frederick III of Denmark
Pope Innocent VIII
Long Acre
Worshipful Company of Leathersellers
St Giles in the Fields
gentry
William of Wykeham
Cavalier
English Civil War
Colley
Marshalsea
King's Bench prison
Soho Square
Bethlem Royal Hospital
modelli

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