Bryant Baker

Percy Bryant Baker (July 8, 1881 – March 29, 1970), better known as Bryant Baker, was a British-born American sculptor. He sculpted a number of busts of famous Americans (including five presidents). In 1910, Queen Alexandra of the United Kingdom commissioned him to create a bust of King Edward VII.

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