Grinling Gibbons and the woodwork of his age (1648-1720) (1914)
Tipping, H. Avray (Henry Avray), 1855-1933 · London : "Country life" and George Newnes ; New York : C. Scribner's sons · leaf 143
e seconds Chappel at Whitehall, & loading the same intoBarges, and delivering thereof at Hampton Court according to Contract. Thus it was that onlythis Popish stuff was saved from the fire which in 1696 destroyed the Palace at Whitehall.It had, however, a chequered career. William and Mary… … FIG. 112.—gibbons boy WITH CENSER. FIG. II3.—GIBBONS BOY WITH PATTEN. ordered its redecoration in 1710. The whole work, however, including the altar-piece, wasdesigned by Wren, and carried out by Gibbons in wood. The marble altar-piece, therefore,will have been in the way even in its place of…
