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Robert Stephenson Smyth Baden-Powell, 1st Baron Baden-Powell
4 of 34 portraits of Robert Stephenson Smyth Baden-Powell, 1st Baron Baden-Powell
Robert Stephenson Smyth Baden-Powell, 1st Baron Baden-Powell
by Francis Henry Hart, for Elliott & Fry
albumen cabinet card, 1896
5 7/8 in. x 4 1/2 in. (149 mm x 103 mm)
Purchased, 1992
Photographs Collection
NPG x39330
Sitter
Robert Stephenson Smyth Baden-Powell, 1st Baron Baden-Powell (1857-1941), Army officer and founder of the Boy Scouts and Girl Guides. Sitter associated with 34 portraits.
Artists
Elliott & Fry (floruit 1863-1963). Artist associated with 10193 portraits, Sitter in 1 portrait.
Francis Henry Hart. Artist associated with 7 portraits.
This Portrait
The photograph was taken for Elliott and Fry by Francis Henry Hart in 1896 at the time of the Matabele Campaign. It was reissued at various times with different captions as Baden-Powell's fame grew. Baden Powell is decorated with an Ashanti Star ribbon.
Related Works
NPG x126841: Robert Stephenson Smyth Baden-Powell, 1st Baron Baden-Powell ()
Portrait Set
Elliott & Fry cabinet portraits, 1880s-1900s
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