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Robert Stephenson Smyth Baden-Powell, 1st Baron Baden-Powell (1857-1941), Major-General and founder of the Boy Scouts and Girl Guides

Sitter associated with 34 portraits
Lieutenant-General and founder of the Boy Scouts and Girl Guides; took part in Zululand (1888) Ashanti and Matabeleland (1896) campaigns in South Africa; during Boer War held Mafeking during siege of 217 days until relieved; retired from army 1910 in order to devote himself to the Boy Scout movement which the publication of his Scouting for Boys, 1908, had initiated.

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Robert Stephenson Smyth Baden-Powell, 1st Baron Baden-Powell

by Sir Hubert von Herkomer
oil on canvas, 1903
On display in Room 23 at the National Portrait Gallery
NPG 5991

x39330

Robert Stephenson Smyth Baden-Powell, 1st Baron Baden-Powell

by Francis Henry Hart, for Elliott & Fry
albumen cabinet card, 1896
NPG x39330

x126841

Robert Stephenson Smyth Baden-Powell, 1st Baron Baden-Powell

by Francis Henry Hart, for Elliott & Fry
albumen cabinet card, 1896
NPG x126841

x19022

The Alma-Tadema Banquet

by Fradelle & Young
carbon print on card mount, 4 November 1899
NPG x19022

x82301

Robert Stephenson Smyth Baden-Powell, 1st Baron Baden-Powell

by Francis Henry Hart, for Elliott & Fry
half-plate negative, 1900s
NPG x82301

x26378

Robert Stephenson Smyth Baden-Powell, 1st Baron Baden-Powell

by B.L. Lingley, published by Keystone View Company
albumen stereoscopic card, 1901
NPG x26378

x45253

Robert Stephenson Smyth Baden-Powell, 1st Baron Baden-Powell

by Henry Walter ('H. Walter') Barnett
vintage bromide print, 1908
NPG x45253

x126434

Robert Stephenson Smyth Baden-Powell, 1st Baron Baden-Powell

by Henry Walter ('H. Walter') Barnett
whole-plate glass negative, 1908
NPG x126434

x126435

Robert Stephenson Smyth Baden-Powell, 1st Baron Baden-Powell

by Henry Walter ('H. Walter') Barnett
whole-plate glass negative, 1908
NPG x126435

x126436

Robert Stephenson Smyth Baden-Powell, 1st Baron Baden-Powell

by Henry Walter ('H. Walter') Barnett
12 x 10 inch glass plate negative, 1908
NPG x126436

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Robert Stephenson Smyth Baden-Powell, 1st Baron Baden-Powell

by Henry Walter ('H. Walter') Barnett
12 x 10 inch glass plate negative, 1908
NPG x126437

x129938

Robert Stephenson Smyth Baden-Powell, 1st Baron Baden-Powell

by Vandyk
12 x 10 inch glass plate negative, 22 February 1923
NPG x129938

x126838

Robert Stephenson Smyth Baden-Powell, 1st Baron Baden-Powell

by James Jarché, for Daily Herald
modern bromide print from original negative, 31 October 1934
NPG x126838

x126839

Robert Stephenson Smyth Baden-Powell, 1st Baron Baden-Powell

by James Jarché, for Daily Herald
modern bromide print from original negative, 31 October 1934
NPG x126839

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