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

1 portrait

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

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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.

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Elliott & Fry (active 1863-1962). Artist associated with 10757 portraits, Sitter in 1 portrait.
Francis Henry Hart. Artist associated with 11 portraits.

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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.