Alfred Bertram Pegram [also known as A. Bertram Pegram] was born in St. Pancras, London, England, on 17 January 1873 and from c.1895 to 1899 studied at the Royal Academy Schools in London where he won a number of prizes. He subsequently worked as a sculptor and medallist. From 1895 to 1939 he was a frequent exhibitor at the Royal Academy in London. He also exhibited at the International Society of Sculptors, Painters & Gravers, Royal Institute of Painters in Water Colours, Royal Society of British Sculptors and Royal Institute of Oil Painters in London; Walker Art Gallery in Liverpool; Royal West of England Academy in Bristol; Royal Glasgow Institute of the Fine Arts; Leeds Art Gallery, Manchester Academy of Fine Arts; the South Wales Art Society.