Robert Baden-Powell
(1857-1941), Major-General and founder of the Boy Scouts and Girl GuidesRobert Stephenson Smyth Baden-Powell, 1st Baron Baden-Powell
Sitter in 49 portraits
Baden-Powell took part in numerous campaigns in South Africa, (Zululand (1888) and Ashanti and Matabeleland (Ndebeleland) (1896)), but may be best remembered for his role in the Siege of Mafeking from October 1899-May 1900, which made him a national hero in Britain. Baden-Powell managed to hold the town while severely outnumbered by Boer forces and with barely-trained recruits for 217 days until reinforcements arrived. During the siege, a volunteer cadet corps of boys was created to support the troops and the hospital. This inspired Baden-Powell to found the Scout Movement (1907), and write and illustrate its first handbook, the bestselling Scouting for Boys (1908), which he adapted from his earlier military manuals.
by Francis Henry Hart, for Elliott & Fry
albumen print, 1896
NPG P1700(49a)
by Sir Hubert von Herkomer
oil on canvas, 1903
NPG 5991
by Shirley Slocombe
chalk, 1916
NPG 4100
by Pirie MacDonald
bromide print, 1919
NPG P140(30)
published by Ogden's
bromide cigarette card, published circa 1894-1907
NPG x193154
by Francis Henry Hart, for Elliott & Fry
albumen cabinet card, 1896
NPG x39330
by Francis Henry Hart, for Elliott & Fry
albumen cabinet card, 1896
NPG x126841
by Francis Henry Hart, for Elliott & Fry
half-plate negative, (1896)
NPG x82301
by Francis Henry Hart, for Elliott & Fry, published by Ogden's
bromide cigarette card, published circa 1897
NPG x193153
by Fradelle & Young
carbon print, 4 November 1899
NPG x19022
by Edward Lyddell Sawyer, published by Ogden's
halftone cigarette card, published 1900s
NPG x197004
Sir Alexander John Godley; Robert Baden-Powell
published by Underwood & Underwood
albumen stereoscopic card, 17 June 1900
NPG x197226
by B. L. Singley, published by Keystone View Company
albumen stereoscopic card, 1901
NPG x26378
by H. Walter Barnett
vintage bromide print, 1908
NPG x45253
by H. Walter Barnett
whole-plate glass negative, 1908
NPG x126434
by H. Walter Barnett
whole-plate glass negative, 1908
NPG x126435
by H. Walter Barnett
12 x 10 inch glass plate negative, 1908
NPG x126436
by H. Walter Barnett
12 x 10 inch glass plate negative, 1908
NPG x126437
by James Russell & Sons
photogravure postcard print, 1910s
NPG x198176
by Bassano Ltd
vintage contact print, 1912
NPG x139622
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john Andrewartha
10 May 2018, 15:57
His family tree heritage
https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Powell-8455