Alfred Bertram Pegram
Born 1873
Died January 1941
Active: 1895 - 1939
Country of birth and death: England
Sculptor
Born in St. Pancras, London one of ten children. He was the son of Alfred Pegram (born c.1837 in Strand, London), a cabinet maker and who was a brother of Henry Pegram, father of the sculptor, Henry Alfred Pegram. Studied at the Royal Academy Schools.
Works
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Contributed to Figure-work Panels below Caps
Model of Medal commemorative of Battle of Jutland Bank
Portrait
1900 (Presumed)
A Christmas Carol
1918 (Presumed)
£12 12s.
Friendship
1918 (Presumed)
£15 15s.
A Little Country Lass
1918 (Presumed)
£12 12s.
Nude
1919 (Presumed)
£8
In the Gymnasium
1919 (Presumed)
£12
Anzac
1919 (Presumed)
£40
Love through the Ages
1920 (Presumed)
£150
Cherubs Singing
1921 (Presumed)
£10 10s.
Head of Sicilian Goat-herd
1921 (Presumed)
£12 12s.
Mother and Child
1921 (Presumed)
£12 12s.
Narcissus
1922 (Presumed)
£68
Apollo and Daphne
1923 (Presumed)
£50
Friendship
1923 (Presumed)
£4 4s.
Love and Laughter
1924 (Presumed)
£5 5s.
Backwash
1924 (Presumed)
£25
A Piper from the Land of Dreams
1925 (Presumed)
£105
Mother and Child
1925 (Presumed)
£25
A.D. Astra
1926 (Presumed)
£35
Time Flies
1926 (Presumed)
£20
All's Right with the World
1927 (Presumed)
£50
Whispers
1928 (Presumed)
£15
Morning
1929 (Presumed)
£30
Serenitas in Rebus
1938
Locations
Address 12A Park Village West London | View on map
1903 (Circa) - 1932 (Circa)
Address 10 Stanley Gardens South Hampstead London NW3 | View on map
1933 (Circa) - 1939 (Circa)
Address 10 Primrose Gardens South Hampstead London NW3 | View on map
1939 - 1940 (Presumed)
Studio located at Studio 191 Stanhope Street London | View on map
1900 (Circa) - 1902 (Circa)
Studio located at The Studio, 4A Camden Lane London | View on map
1923 (Circa) - 1924
Studio located at The Studio, 1A Camden Lane London | View on map
1925 (Circa) - 1937
Exhibitions, Meetings, Awards and other Events
Exhibited at Fifth Exhibition of the International Society of Sculptors, Painters and Gravers (London), 1905
Multiple works
Exhibited at Arts and Crafts Exhibition Society: Ninth Exhibition, 1910
Multiple works
Exhibited at Arts and Crafts Exhibition Society: Eleventh Exhibition, 1916
'A Little Country Lass'
Exhibited at Leeds City Art Gallery, The Spring Exhibition, 1905
'Head of a Sicilian Goatherd'
Exhibited at The International Society of Sculptors, Painters and Gravers Exhibition (Corporation of Manchester Art Gallery), 1905
'Memories'
Exhibited at Corporation of Manchester Art Gallery, Twenty-Fourth Autumn Exhibition, 1906
'Narcissus'
Exhibited at Corporation of Manchester Art Gallery, Twenty-First Autumn Exhibition, 1903
'Girlhood'
Exhibited at The Exhibition of the Royal Academy of Arts (Summer Exhibition), 1768-
1895 - 1940
Exhibited 32 times, one or two works per year.
Exhibited at South Wales Art Society 13th Annual Exhibition, 1900
1900
Exhibited at International Exhibition, Dublin, 1907
1907
British Sculpture, Gallery II:
'Endymion' (plaster group), p. 23 (160); 'Down to the Sea' (plaster group), p. 26 (197). Lent by the sculptor.
Exhibited at The Royal Glasgow Institute of the Fine Arts Annual Exhibition, 1861-1951
1912 - 1940
Exhibited 10 times (an average of three work per show)
Exhibited at The Seventy-Third Annual Exhibition of the Royal West of England Academy, 1918
1918
Exhibited at The Seventy-Fourth Annual Exhibition of the Royal West of England Academy, 1919
1919
Exhibited at The Seventy-Fifth Annual Exhibition of the Royal West of England Academy, 1920
1920
Exhibited at The Seventy-Sixth Annual Exhibition of the Royal West of England Academy, 1921
1921
Exhibited at The Seventy-Seventh Annual Exhibition of the Royal West of England Academy, 1922
1922
Exhibited at The Seventy-Eighth Annual Exhibition of the Royal West of England Academy, 1923-4
2 October 1923 - 2 February 1924
Exhibited at The Seventy-Ninth Annual Exhibition of the Royal West of England Academy, 1924
1924
Exhibited at The Eightieth Annual Exhibition of the Royal West of England Academy, 1925-1926
2 November 1925 - 6 February 1926
Exhibited at The Eighty-First Annual Exhibition of the Royal West of England Academy, 1926-1927
1 November 1926 - 5 February 1927
Exhibited at The Eighty-Second Annual Exhibition of the Royal West of England Academy, 1927-1928
31 October 1927 - 4 February 1928
Exhibited at The Eighty-Third Annual Exhibition of the Royal West of England Academy, 1928-1829
29 October 1928 - 2 February 1929
Exhibited at The Eighty-Fourth Annual Exhibition of the Royal West of England Academy, 1929-1930
4 November 1929 - 8 February 1930
Exhibited at Palace of Arts Empire Exhibition Scotland, 1938
1938
Speaker at Modern Sculpture in Open Spaces (Art Workers Guild), 1894
Won prize Prize for the best work of sculpture exhibited in London
1939 - 2 April 1940
Awarded one of two silver medals for 1939, for his marble work entitled 'Serenitas in Turba', that was exhibited at the Winter Exhibition, Burlington House, 1939-1940.
Institutional and Business Connections
Associate member of Royal Society of British Sculptors
1923 - 1938
Became fellow in 1938.
Fellow of Royal Society of British Sculptors
1938 - 1941
Died in 1941.
Member of Royal Society of British Sculptors
1905 - 1941
Amongst the second wave of those invited to join 'without further nomination' [2 March 1905, Royal Society of British Sculptors, Minutes of Council Meetings, Vol.I]. Died in 1941.
Member of Art Workers Guild
May 1906 - 1941
Committee member 1911-1913.
Member of The Arts and Crafts Exhibition Society
1907 (Presumed) - 1920 (Presumed)
Member of council Royal Society of British Sculptors
1919 (Presumed) - 1940
Served as a Member of the Council from c. 1919 to 1920, and from 1938
Studied at Royal Academy Schools
1895 (Presumed) - 1899 (Presumed)
Awarded a second prize of £10 for a model of a design in 1895. See Royal Academy, 'Annual Report, 1895', (1896), p. 28. In 1896, he won a silver medal for a model of a design containing figure and ornament. See 'Annual Report, 1896', (1897), p. 34. The following year, Pegram won a second prize of £20 for a set of three models of a figure from the life. See 'Annual Report, 1897', (1898), p. 31. In 1898, he was awarded two prizes but disqualified because he had recieved the same prizes in 1897. See 'Annual Report, 1898', (1899), p. 32. The following year, he won a first prize of £50 and a silver medal for a set of four models from the life. See 'Annual Report, 1899', (1900), p. 36.
Worked with Bromsgrove Guild
Forrer notes that the artist 'works in conjunction with the Bromsgrove guild'. No dates are given, however, the artist may have been active in 1930 when Forrer's 'Dictionary' was published. See vol. 8, (1930), p. 118.
Personal and Professional Connections
Collaborated with Ruby Levick
Cousin of Henry Alfred Pegram
Based on Census Returns of 1861
Wife/husband/spouse to Mary Constance Buzzard (Pegram)
1914
In 1914 she married a 'Pegram' in Paddington, London
Descriptions of Practice
Listed as medallist Biographical Dictionary of Medallists, Coin, Gem, and Seal-Engravers, Mint Masters, &c., Ancient and Modern with References to their Works, B.C. 500 - A.D. 1900, Volume VIII, 1930 Biographical Dictionary of Medallists
Listed as a sculptor and medallist. Exhibited medallic works at the Royal Academy, London, in 1895, 1899 and 1904. Forrer notes that the artist was 'awarded the Second Prize in Sir Arthur Evans' Competition for medals of artistic merit commemorating the Battle of Jutland Bank, May 31, 1916'. See vol. 8, (1930), p. 118.
Listed as medallist Biographical Dictionary of Medallists, Coin, Gem, and Seal-Engravers, Mint Masters, &c., Ancient and Modern with References to their Works, B.C. 500 - A.D. 1900, Volume IV, 1909 Biographical Dictionary of Medallists
Listed as a contemporary sculptor and medallist living in London. Exhibited a Walford Memorial Medal in bronze, at the Royal Academy Exhibition in 1904. See Forrer, vol. 4, (1909), p. 444.
Occupation given in Census Returns of England and Wales, 1911
'Sculptor' working on own account
Sources
Art Workers Guild Annual Reports, 1885-1900
1894, p.9.
Art Workers Guild Annual Reports, 1901-1912
1906, p.8 and all lists of members addresses 1906-1912.
Art Workers Guild Annual Reports, 1913-1933
All lists of members' addresses.
Arts and Crafts Exhibition Society: List of Members, 1907
1907
Subscription noted as £1 in arrears.
Arts and Crafts Exhibition Society: Rules and List of Members, 1920
1920
p.4.
Arts and Crafts Society: Catalogue of the Eleventh Exhibition.
1916
p.78, p.172, p.243, p.249, p.269.
Arts and Crafts Society: Catalogue of the Ninth Exhibition.
1910
p.86, p.124.
Catalogue for the Eightieth Annual Exhibition of the Royal West of England Academy, 1925
1925
Catalogue for the Eighty-First Annual Exhibition of the Royal West of England Academy, 1926
1926
Catalogue for the Eighty-Fourth Annual Exhibition of the Royal West of England Academy, 1929
1929
Catalogue for the Eighty-Second Annual Exhibition of the Royal West of England Academy, 1927
1927
Catalogue for the Eighty-Third Annual Exhibition of the Royal West of England Academy, 1928
1928
Catalogue for the Seventy-Eighth Annual Exhibition of the Royal West of England Academy, 1923
1923
Catalogue for the Seventy-Fifth Annual Exhibition of the Royal West of England Academy, 1920
1920
Catalogue for the Seventy-Fourth Annual Exhibition of the Royal West of England Academy, 1919
1919
Catalogue for the Seventy-Ninth Annual Exhibition of the Royal West of England Academy, 1924
1924
Catalogue for the Seventy-Seventh Annual Exhibition of the Royal West of England Academy, 1922
1922
Catalogue for the Seventy-Sixth Annual Exhibition of the Royal West of England Academy, 1921
1921
Catalogue for the Seventy-Third Annual Exhibition of the Royal West of England Academy, 1918
1918
Catalogue of the International Society of Sculptors, Painters & Gravers' Exhibition, Corporation of Manchester Art Gallery, 1905
1905
Cat. No. 322, pp. 46, 60
Catalogue of the Spring Exhibition, The City Art Gallery, Leeds 1905
1905
Cat. No. 570, pp. 52, 96
Catalogue of the Twenty-First Autumn Exhibition, 1903
1903
Cat. No. 284, pp. 46, 57
Catalogue of the Twenty-Fourth Autumn Exhibition, 1906
1906
Cat. Nos. 256, 267, pp. 46, 48, 59
Census Returns of England and Wales, 1861
2005
RG09 piece 109 folio 44 page 12
Census Returns of England and Wales, 1911
2011
Reference RG14PN722 RG78PN25 RD9 SD3 ED12 SN171
International Exhibition, Dublin 1907, Fine Art Catalogue
1907
British Sculpture, Gallery II:
p. 23, no. 160:'Endymion. Plaster Group'.
p. 26, no. 197:'Down to the Sea'. Plaster Group.
Lent by the Sculptor.
List of Members: Royal Society of British Sculptors
2008
Palace of Arts
Empire Exhibition
Scotland
1938
The Fine Art Section of the Empire Exhibition
1938
Royal Society of British Sculptors. Minutes of Council Meetings No. 1, 1905-1913
19 May 1913
2 March 1905.
South Wales Art Society 13th Annual Exhibition Catalogue
1900
The fifty-eighth annual report of the committee of the Art-Workers' Guild, 1942
1942
p.10.
The fifty-second annual report of the committee of the Art-Workers' Guild, 1936
1936
p.39.
The fifty-sixth annual report of the committee of the Art-Workers' Guild, 1940
1940
p.43.
The sixty-fifth annual report of the committee of the Art-Workers' Guild, 1949
1949
p.43.
Citing this record
'Alfred Bertram Pegram', Mapping the Practice and Profession of Sculpture in Britain and Ireland 1851-1951, University of Glasgow History of Art and HATII, online database 2011 [http://sculpture.gla.ac.uk/view/person.php?id=msib2_1203641937, accessed 29 May 2023]