...of the birds are still in the death-flutter. He richly merited the happy compliment of Waipole : " There is no instance of a man before Gibbons who gave...the pencil of Gibbons, and much of the carving too ; bat there is plenty of proof that the hand of Samuel Watson, a Derbyshire man, was extensively employed...

...they were in part or not the work of the eminent Gibbons, we may observe, with Horace Walpole, " that there is no instance of a man before Gibbons who gave...elements with a free disorder natural to each species." It is certain that much of this beautiful carved work at Chatsworth was executed by Watson, who studied...

...carved I ornaments by Gibbons ; of whom Walpole observed, that he was the first j artist, "who gave the wood the loose and airy lightness of flowers, and...elements, with a free disorder natural to each species." "At Burleigh," observes the same writer, " is a noble profusion of his carving in picture frames, chimney-pieces,...

...surprisingly with the motion nf the coaches that passed by. There is no instance (says Lord Orford) of a man before Gibbons, who gave to wood the loose...the elements with a free disorder natural to each suecics. He lived afterwards at Deptford, where Mr. Evelyn, discovering his wonderful talents, recommended...

...motion of the coaches that passed by. There is no instance (says Lord Orford) of a man before Gibboni, who gave to wood the loose and airy lightness of flowers,...elements with a free disorder natural to each species. He lived afterwards at Deptford, where Mr. Evelyn, discovering his wonderful talents, recommended him...

...artist capable of giving to wood, or stone, " the loose and airy lightness of flowers, and chaining together the various productions of the elements, with a free disorder natural 10 each species." Such, according to Walpole^ was the effect produced by the chisel of Gibbon* ; in...

...undoubtedly the greatest master that ever practised this art in England : of him Walpole says — " there is no instance of a man before Gibbons who gave...elements with a free disorder natural to each species." His best works are at Chatsworth, and in Windsor Castle ; where we hope they have been respected, amidst...

...the execution is quite wonderful. It was said by Walpole, of Gibbons, " that he was the first artist who gave to wood the loose and airy lightness of flowers,...the elements with a free disorder natural to each other." There are six European species, besides several American, particularly the Tilia Americana,...

...eminent living masters, are many by Gibbons, particularly in the chapel. In the great ante-chamber are several dead fowl over the chimney finely executed,...however, much assisted at Chatsworth. The designs are fronv the pencil of Gibbons, and much of the carving too ; but there is plenty of proof that the hand...

...Of plumes or flow'rs, when tremulous they wave." or, as Walpole, with equal poetry, has observed, " who gave to wood the loose and airy lightness of flowers,...elements with a free disorder natural to each species." In various apartments are fine paintings« among which the ceilings and walls, decorated by Verrio...