Robert Baden-Powell
1 portrait by B. L. Singley
© National Portrait Gallery, London
Robert Baden-Powell
by B. L. Singley, published by Keystone View Company
albumen stereoscopic card, 1901
5 7/8 in. x 4 1/2 in. (149 mm x 103 mm)
Purchased, 1986
Photographs Collection
NPG x26378
Sitterback to top
- Robert Stephenson Smyth Baden-Powell, 1st Baron Baden-Powell (1857-1941), Major-General and founder of the Boy Scouts and Girl Guides. Sitter in 49 portraits.
Artistsback to top
- Keystone View Company (active 1892-1972), Photographers. Artist or producer associated with 6 portraits.
- B. L. Singley (1864-1938), Photographer. Artist or producer associated with 1 portrait.
This portraitback to top
The Boer War coincided with the collecting craze for stereo cards. Various companies issued sets of of cards that documented the various campaigns and personalities. The cards were intended to be looked at with a special viewer that provided a convincing three-dimensional record of life on the other side of the world. Baden-Powell is here decorated with an Ashanti Star ribbon and British South Africa Company Medal.
Events of 1901back to top
Current affairs
Queen Victoria dies on 23 January. She is succeeded to the throne by her son, Prince Edward, aged 60, who reigned until his death in 1910. The census results of this year show the huge changes that took place in Britain during her reign, revealing that the population of Britain had doubled in the past 50 years, to 38 million.Art and science
The start of Pablo Picasso's Blue Period, in which he produces a series of paintings dominated by the colour blue and melancholic mood. Significantly, the period marks the transition in Picasso's style from classicism to abstract art.Beatrix Potter privately publishes The Tale of Peter Rabbit after it is rejected by six publishers.
International
The six colonies of Australia become a federation, forming the Commonwealth of Australia. Australia remains a Commonwealth Realm. This year Australia also passes the Immigration Restriction Act, which limits immigration to Australia and forms the basis of the White Australia policy, a collection of historical legislation and policies designed to restrict non-white immigration to Australia between 1830-1973, although reforms against the policy were introduced in the 1940s.Comments back to top
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