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
Olave St Clair Baden-Powell, Lady Baden-Powell; Robert Baden-Powell
by Bassano Ltd
whole-plate glass negative, 1912
NPG x28386
by Bassano Ltd
whole-plate glass negative, 1912
NPG x81083
by James Russell & Sons
platinum print, circa 1916
NPG Ax46141
Robert Stephenson Smyth Baden-Powell, 1st Baron Baden-Powell
by Unknown photographer
bromide snapshot print, 1919
NPG x200103
by Vandyk
12 x 10 inch glass plate negative, 22 February 1923
NPG x129938
by Walter Stoneman
platinotype on card mount, 1927
NPG x16913
by Walter Stoneman
half-plate glass negative, 1927
NPG x357
by Walter Stoneman
half-plate glass negative, 1927
NPG x358
by Walter Stoneman
half-plate glass negative, 1927
NPG x359
Robert Baden-Powell; Claude John Perceval
by Unknown photographer
bromide print, 1929?
NPG x8893
Robert Baden-Powell; Olave St Clair Baden-Powell (née Soames), Lady Baden-Powell
by James Jarché, for Daily Herald
modern bromide print from original negative, 31 October 1934
NPG x126834
Robert Baden-Powell; Olave St Clair Baden-Powell (née Soames), Lady Baden-Powell
by James Jarché, for Daily Herald
modern bromide print from original negative, 31 October 1934
NPG x126835
Robert Baden-Powell; Olave St Clair Baden-Powell (née Soames), Lady Baden-Powell
by James Jarché, for Daily Herald
modern bromide print from original negative, 31 October 1934
NPG x126836
Olave St Clair Baden-Powell (née Soames), Lady Baden-Powell; Robert Baden-Powell
by James Jarché, for Daily Herald
modern bromide print from original negative, 31 October 1934
NPG x126837
by James Jarché, for Daily Herald
modern bromide print from original negative, 31 October 1934
NPG x126838
by James Jarché, for Daily Herald
modern bromide print from original negative, 31 October 1934
NPG x126839
by Unknown photographer
gelatin silver print, 31 July 1937
NPG x198581
published by Richard Maynard, after Elliott & Fry
lithograph, circa 1900 (1896)
NPG D42842
Robert Baden-Powell ('Men of the Day. No. 782.')
by Sir Leslie Ward
chromolithograph, published in Vanity Fair 5 July 1900
NPG D45020
by Sir Leslie Ward
chromolithograph, published in Vanity Fair 29 November 1900
NPG D45041
Robert Baden-Powell ('Men of the Day. No. 1275. "Boy Scouts."')
by 'Ape Junior'
chromolithograph, published in Vanity Fair 19 April 1911
NPG D45605
by Alexander ('Alick') Penrose Forbes Ritchie
colour relief halftone cigarette card, 1926
NPG D2652
published by Rotary Photographic Co Ltd
postcard print, circa 1914
NPG x193604
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john Andrewartha
10 May 2018, 15:57
His family tree heritage
https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Powell-8455