Caius Gabriel Cibber (1630–1700)

Timeline

• 1630

  Birth of Caius Gabriel Cibber

  Born in Flensborg, Schleswig-Holstein, the son of a cabinet-maker to the the Danish king Frederick III.

• 1655

  Travels to England

  Cibber, a sculptor, becomes journeyman to John Stone, son of the late master mason to Charles I. He later becomes foreman to Stone.

• ca. 1656

  Swan mantelpiece

  Earliest known carving is the swan mantelpiece at Lamport Hall, Northamptonshire, designed by John Webb.

• 1660

  Stone suffers a seizure

  Cibber runs Stone's workshop in Long Acre.

• 20 June 1667

  Sculptor to Charles II

  Cibber is sworn into the royal household as sculptor to Charles II.

• 1668

  Joins the Leathersellers' Company

• 1 November 1670

  Second marriage

  Marries his second wife, Jane Colley (c.1646–1697) of Glaston in Rutland, who brings an inheritance of £6000.

• 6 November 1671

  Son Caius Gabriel is born

  Future poet laureate and playwright Colley Cibber (1671–1757) is born at Southampton Street, Bloomsbury.

• 1673–5

  Carves relief on the Monument to the Great Fire

  Cibber is released daily from Marshalsea prison to carve the relief on the monument to the great fire of London designed by Christopher Wren.

• 14 May 1674

  Daughter Veronica christened

  Christening of "Veronica, daugher of Caius Gabriel Cibber."

• 6 May 1679

  Leathersellers fountain

  Leathersellers' agreement to accept Cibber's fountain notes he was "lately a prisoner" in King's Bench Prison.

• 1680

  Son Lewis is born

  Son Lewis (1680–1710) is born.

• 1680

  Melancholy Madness and Raving Madness

  Carves the figures Melancholy Madness and Raving Madness for the gateway in front of Bethlehem Hospital.

• 1693

  Sculptor-in-ordinary to William III

  Becomes sculptor-in-ordinary to the king.

• 1694–1696

  Designs Danish Church

  Designs the Danish church in Wellclose Square between 1694 and 1696.

• 1700

  Death

  Cibber is buried in the Danish church in 1700.