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After Sir Godfrey Kneller Bt. (1646-1723) by John Smith (1654-1743)
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After Sir Godfrey Kneller Bt. (1646-1723) by John Smith (1654-1743)

Mr Grinling Gibbons

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After Sir Godfrey Kneller Bt. (1646-1723) by John Smith (1654-1743)
Mr Grinling Gibbons
mezzotint, on laid paper, 1690, a fine and richly printed impression;
with Mr Gibbons and Mrs Gibbons, mezzotint after J. Closterman by J. Smith, each in a Scottish Regency ebonised and parcel-gilt lead carved 'Hogarth style' frame, one labelled James Jackson, Carver, Gilder, Printseller... 66 George Street, Perth
S. 305 x 345 mm. (2)
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拍品專文

'There is no instance of a man before Gibbons who gave wood the loose and airy lightness of flowers, and chained together the various productions of the elements with the free disorder natural to each species' (Horace Walpole writing on Grinling Gibbons)

'Gibbons wood carvings are considered to be the finest to have been created. Known as 'The King's carver' he was employed by Charles II from a young age and his works include pieces in the Dining Room at Windsor Castle and at Saint Paul's Cathedral'.