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Grinling Gibbons: Quick Facts

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Facts

Born April 4, 1648 • Rotterdam • Netherlands
Died August 3, 1721 (aged 73) • London • England

Photos

Grinling Gibbons.
Detail of ornamentation from the interior of Petworth House, Sussex, Eng., designed by Grinling Gibbons, c.1690
Choir stalls of St. Paul's Cathedral, London, by Grinling Gibbons, 1696–98.
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