Granite bust of Baden Powell by Donald Potter

Mar. 03, 1958 - Granite bust of the founder of Scouting completed, commissioned by the Dominican Republic government; A fifteen Hundredweight granite bust of Lord Robert Baden Powell the Founder of the Scout Movement - has been completed by Mr. Donald Potter the 55 year old sculptor - at his Blandford, Dorset, studio. It was commissioned by the Government of the Dominican Republic and took eight months to complete - and it is to stand in one of the principal squares of the republic capital - Ciudad Trujillo near the National Scouting Center. The Ambassador of the Republic paid a visit to the studio to inspect the statue - he said he was delighted with the production. Mr. Potter has been approached by the International Scout Hostel, South Kensington with the possibility of producing a 9ft statue of Baden Powell. Photo Shows Dr. Luis T. Thomes, Dominican Ambassador to London in center with the sculptor Mr. Donald Potter and the bust at the latter's Dorset studio

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