A Biographical Dictionary of Sculptors in Britain, 1660-1851
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Surname
Babel
Alternative Surname
First Name
Peter
Initial of Surname
B
Year of Birth/Baptism
Flourished
1763
Year of Death
Biographical Details
Listed in Mortimer’s Universal Director of 1763 as ‘Designer and Modeller, Long Acre, near James-Street - One of the first improvers of Papier Maché ornaments for ceilings, Chimney-pieces, picture-frames, &c an invention of modern date, imported by us from France, and now brought to great perfection’.
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