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Sir Robert Clayton was President of St. Thomas' (1692–1707) and Lord Mayor of London (1679). This is one of only four known marble works by Gibbons, the renowned woodcarver. This statue is rather weathered, one hand was replaced in the nineteenth century and the plinth was embellished after Clayton's death.

St Thomas' Hospital, Guy's & St Thomas' Foundation

London

Title

Sir Robert Clayton (1629–1707)

Date

1701–1714

Medium

marble

Measurements

H 190 x W 57 x D 43 cm (E);
Plinth: H 163 x W 99 x D 100 cm

Accession number

S2000.34

Acquisition method

commissioned by the Hospital Governors, possibly in 1702

Work type

Statue

Inscription description

on front of pedestal (fragmentary in parts): TO SIR ROBERT CLAYTON KNIGHT. / Born in NORTHAMPTONSHIRE / . Citizen and LORD MAYOR of LONDON. / President of this Hospital. Vice President of the New Work House / And a Bountiful Benefactor to it. / A Just Magistrate and Brave Defender / of the Liberty and Religion of this Country. / Who besides many other Instances / of his Charity to the poor. Built the Girles Ward in CHRIST HOSPITAL. / Gave fir[st] towards the [rebuil]ding of This House, Six Hundred(?) Pounds and left by His Last Will (?) Two Thou[sand] Three hundred pounds to the Poor [of it]. / This statue was erected in his lifetime by the Governors [A.D. MCCI] as a monument of their Esteem (?) [for much worth] And to preserve the memory after death was by them [beautified] A.D.MDCCXIV.; on another face of the plinth is a translation of this text into Latin

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