Percy Bryant Baker
Born 8 July 1881
Died 1971
Active: 1910
Country of birth and death: Great Britain
Sculptor
Born in Lambeth. He was the son of John Baker (born c.1848 in Westminster), a stone carver and his younger brother was the sculptor Robert Peter Baker.
Institutional and Business Connections
Honorary member of Royal Society of British Sculptors
1964 (Presumed)
May have become honorary fellow in 1964[List of Members: Royal Society of British Sculptors].
Member of Royal Society of British Sculptors
1913 - 1923 (Presumed)
Requested to pay arrears in 1923 [List of Members: Royal Society of British Sculptors].
Studied at Royal Academy Schools
1908 (Presumed) - 1910 (Presumed)
Awarded a second prize of £15 for a set of four models of a figure from the life, in 1908. See Royal Academy, 'Annual Report, 1908', (1909), p. 32. In 1910, Baker won a first prize of £30 for a model of a design, and a first prize silver medal of a model of a bust from the life. See 'Annual Report, 1909', (1910), p. 35.
Personal and Professional Connections
Nominated by William Silver Frith
20 January 1913
For membership of the Royal Society of British Sculptors [20 January 1913, Royal Society of British Sculptors: Minutes of Council Meetings, no.1].
Seconded by Thomas Brock
20 January 1913
For membership of the Royal Society of British Sculptors [20 January 1913, Royal Society of British Sculptors: Minutes of Council Meetings, no.1].
Sources
Census Returns of England and Wales, 1881
2004
Class: RG12; Piece: 398; Folio: 110; Page: 13; GSU roll: 6095508
List of Members: Royal Society of British Sculptors
2008
London, England, Births and Baptisms, 1813-1906
2010
Name: Percy Bryant Baker
Record Type: Baptism
Baptism Date: 28 Aug 1881
Father's Name: John Baker
Mother's Name: Susanna Baker
Parish or Poor Law Union: Lambeth St Philip
Borough: Lambeth
Register Type: Parish Registers
Royal Society of British Sculptors. Minutes of Council Meetings No. 1, 1905-1913
19 May 1913
20 January 1913.
Citing this record
'Percy Bryant Baker', 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_1220268728, accessed 08 Mar 2021]