Caius Gabriel Cibber
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Caius Gabriel Cibber (1630–1700) was a Danish sculptor, who enjoyed great success in England, and was the father of the actor, author and poet laureate Colley Cibber. He was appointed "carver to the king's closet" by William III.
Caius Gabriel Cibber, 19th-century engraving by William Camden Edwards
Tomb of Francis Musters, 1680, by Caius Gabriel Cibber, Victoria and Albert Museum
Boy with Bagpipes by Caius Gabriel Cibber c.1680, V&A (formerly at Stowe House)
Bas relief on the base of the Monument to the Great Fire of London
Colley Cibber
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Colley Cibber was an English actor-manager, playwright and Poet Laureate. His colourful memoir An Apology for the Life of Colley Cibber (1740) describes his life in a personal, anecdotal and even rambling style. He wrote 25 plays for his own company at Drury Lane, half of which were adapted from various sources, which led Robert Lowe and Alexander Pope, among others, to criticise his "miserable mutilation" of "crucified Molière [and] hapless Shakespeare".
Colley Cibber
Colley Cibber c. 1740, painted plaster bust, National Portrait Gallery, London
The original text of Cibber's Apology is available on wikicommons.
Colley Cibber plays the part of Lord Foppington in John Vanbrugh's Restoration comedy The Relapse