Robert Baden Powell Collection

Robert Stephenson Smyth Baden-Powell, lst Viscount Baden-Powell, English soldier. Baden-Powell (1857-1941) became famous as the defender of Mafeking in the Boer War (1899-1902)

Boy Scout Uniform and Badges, 1944. Creator: Kenneth Brookes
Boy Scout Uniform and Badges, 1944. Patrol leaders hat badge; scarf of troop colour; all-round cords for six badges; staff of shoulder height

Design for Scouts Enrolment Card, (1944). Creator: Robert Baden-Powell
Design for Scouts Enrolment Card, (1944). A scout stands under the scouting motto: Be Prepared. On the right is an image of St George, patron saint of England, killing the dragon

Lord Baden-Powell, 1911, (1944). Creator: Ape Junior
Lord Baden-Powell, 1911, (1944). Portrait of Robert Stephenson Smyth Baden-Powell (1857-1941), British soldier and founder of the Boy Scouts and Girl Guides

Lieut.-General Baden-Powell, c1900. Creator: Lafayette
Lieut.-General Baden-Powell, c1900. Portrait of Lieutenant General Robert Stephenson Smyth Baden-Powell, British soldier and defender of Mafeking in the Boer War

Boy Scouts - Visit of Sir Robert Baden-Powell To DC Reviewing Parade from White House Portico, 1911
Boy Scouts - Visit of Sir Robert Baden-Powell To D.C. Reviewing Parade from White House Portico, 1911

Boy Scouts - Visit of Sir Robert Baden-Powell To DC Reviewing Parade from White House Portico, 1911
Boy Scouts - Visit of Sir Robert Baden-Powell To D.C. Reviewing Parade from White House Portico, 1911

Boy Scouts - Visit of Sir Robert Baden-Powell To DC Reviewing Parade from White House Portico, 1911
Boy Scouts - Visit of Sir Robert Baden-Powell To D.C. Reviewing Parade from White House Portico, 1911

Sir Robert Baden-Powell, William Howard Taft and James Bryce, 1911. Creator: Harris & Ewing
Sir Robert Baden-Powell, William Howard Taft and James Bryce, 1911. [British founder of the Boy Scouts movement Robert Baden-Powell; US President William Howard Taft; British ambassador to the United

Boy Scouts - Visit of Sir Robert Baden-Powell To D.C... 1911. Creator: Harris & Ewing
Boy Scouts - Visit of Sir Robert Baden-Powell To [Washington] D.C. C.H. Livingstone; Baden-Powell; Taft; Amb. Bryce; Unidentified; James Sloane, 1911

Boy Scouts - Visit of Sir Robert Baden-Powell To DC Reviewing Parade: All Or Some of Foregoing
Boy Scouts - Visit of Sir Robert Baden-Powell To [Washington] D.C. Reviewing Parade: All Or Some of Foregoing, 1911. [US Army officer and aide Major Archibald Butt (in cap)

Founder of Boy Scouts Sir Robert Baden-Powell, William H. Taft, Archibald Willingham Butt, 1911. [US Army officer and aide Major Archibald Butt; British founder of the Boy Scouts movement Robert

Baden-Powell Visit, [Washington, DC], 1911. Creator: Harris & Ewing. Baden-Powell Visit, [Washington, DC], 1911
Baden-Powell Visit, [Washington, DC], 1911. [British founder of the Boy Scouts movement Robert Baden-Powell; US Army officer

Boy Scouts - Visit of Sir Robert Baden-Powell To DC, 1911. Creator: Harris & Ewing
Boy Scouts - Visit of Sir Robert Baden-Powell To [Washington] DC, 1911. [British founder of the Boy Scouts movement Robert Baden-Powell; US Army officer

Boy Scouts - Visit of Sir Robert Baden-Powell To D.C. Reviewing Parade... 1911. Creator: Harris & Ewing
Boy Scouts - Visit of Sir Robert Baden-Powell To [Washington] D.C. Reviewing Parade: Baden-Powell; Maj. Butt, Rear; President Taft; Bryce; Livingstone, 1911

King George V with Lord Baden-Powell Inspecting Boy Scouts, 1920, 1944. Creator: Unknown
King George V with Lord Baden-Powell Inspecting Boy Scouts, 1920, 1944. From "Boy Scouts, by E. E. Reynolds. [Collins, London, 1944]

Baden-Powell with some Rhodesian Scouts, 1944. Creator: Unknown
Baden-Powell with some Rhodesian Scouts, 1944. From "Boy Scouts, by E. E. Reynolds. [Collins, London, 1944]

Robert Baden-Powell at home with his dogs, c1929, (1935). Creator: Unknown
Robert Baden-Powell at home with his dogs, c1929, (1935). English soldier Robert Stephenson Smyth Baden-Powell, 1st Viscount Baden-Powell (1857-1941)

Mafeking night in London, 1900 (1906). Celebrations on the street for the relief of the British-held town in South Africa, besieged by the Boers for 217 days from October 1899 until May 1900

Lieutenant-General Baden Powell, portrait c. 1900
3783841 Lieutenant-General Baden Powell, portrait c. 1900; (add.info.: Lieutenant-General Baden Powell, portrait c. 1900. Robert Stephenson Smyth Baden-Powell, 1st Baron Baden-Powell)

Lord Baden-Powell addressing the Cubs and Scouts during a Chief Scouts Rally. July 1933

Colonel Robert S. S. Baden-Powell, The Defender of Mafeking, 1900. Creator: Elliot & Fry
Colonel Robert S. S. Baden-Powell, The Defender of Mafeking, 1900. From " South Africa and the Transvaal War, Vol. II", by Louis Creswicke. [T. C. & E. C. Jack, Edinburgh, 1900]

A Kings Scout Taking to Boy Scouts from Gibraltar, London 1941, (1944). Creator: Unknown
A Kings Scout Taking to Boy Scouts from Gibraltar, London 1941, (1944). The Scouting movement was founded by Robert Baden-Powell in 1908. From " Boy Scouts, by E. E. Reynolds

Boy scouts camping, 1926. The boy scout movement was started in 1907 by Lieutenant-General Robert Baden-Powell (1857-1941)

The Defender of Mafeking at Pretoria (litho)
1599984 The Defender of Mafeking at Pretoria (litho) by Begg, Samuel (fl.1886-1916) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: The Defender of Mafeking at Pretoria, the Correspondents Welcome)

Presentation to General Baden-Powell from Australian Admirers (litho)
1037441 Presentation to General Baden-Powell from Australian Admirers (litho) by Macpherson, Douglas (1871-1951); Private Collection; (add.info)

His Wish realised, Colonel Baden-Powell in "A Warm Corner"(litho)
1599664 His Wish realised, Colonel Baden-Powell in " A Warm Corner" (litho) by Stewart, Allan (1865-1951); Private Collection; (add.info.: His Wish realised)

Caricature of Robert Baden-Powell (litho)
7201796 Caricature of Robert Baden-Powell (litho) by Ritchie, Alick Penrose Forbes (1868-1938); Private Collection; (add.info.: Caricature of Robert Baden-Powell)

Reminiscences of Mafeking, with the Relief Column (engraving)
1599907 Reminiscences of Mafeking, with the Relief Column (engraving) by Wright, Henry Charles Seppings (1850-1937); Private Collection; (add.info.: Reminiscences of Mafeking, with the Relief Column)

Major-General Baden-Powell (litho)
1599669 Major-General Baden-Powell (litho) by Woodville, Richard Caton II (1856-1927) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: Major-General Baden-Powell)

Robert Baden-Powell, 1st Baron Baden-Powell, English soldier and founder of the Scout Movement (b / w photo)
6032496 Robert Baden-Powell, 1st Baron Baden-Powell, English soldier and founder of the Scout Movement (b/w photo) by English Photographer

The Arrival of Major-General Baden-Powell at Southampton, 26 July (b / w photo)
1628967 The Arrival of Major-General Baden-Powell at Southampton, 26 July (b/w photo) by English Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info)

The Baden-Powell Family (b / w photo)
1599671 The Baden-Powell Family (b/w photo) by English Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: The Baden-Powell Family)

Major-General Rss Baden-Powell at his Old School (litho)
1037370 Major-General Rss Baden-Powell at his Old School (litho) by Paget, Henry Marriott (1856-1936) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: Major-General Rss Baden-Powell at his Old School)

The War, Colonel Rs Baden-Powell and some of the Officers who are defending Mafeking (b / w photo)
1043199 The War, Colonel Rs Baden-Powell and some of the Officers who are defending Mafeking (b/w photo) by English photographer, (19th century) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: The War)

Siege of Mafeking, 1900 (gravure)
959906 Siege of Mafeking, 1900 (gravure) by Dupray, Henri-Louis (1841-1909); Private Collection; (add.info.: Siege of Mafeking, 1900)

Robert Baden-Powell, 1940
3507455 Robert Baden-Powell, 1940 by Ritchie, Alick Penrose Forbes (1868-1938); (add.info.: Players cigarette card depicting Lieutenant General Robert Baden-Powell, (1857 - 1941)

Commanders of the British Army in South Africa during the Boer War, 1900 (litho)
6032223 Commanders of the British Army in South Africa during the Boer War, 1900 (litho) by Fisher, Alfred Hugh (1867-1945); Private Collection; (add.info)

The Defender of Mafeking, Colonel Baden-Powell, in the Uniform of the Special Corps he has raised in British
1592757 The Defender of Mafeking, Colonel Baden-Powell, in the Uniform of the Special Corps he has raised in British Bechuanaland (engraving) by Woodville

Major-General Baden-Powell laying the Foundation-Stone of the New Charterhouse Cloisters to the Memory of Carthusians
1628387 Major-General Baden-Powell laying the Foundation-Stone of the New Charterhouse Cloisters to the Memory of Carthusians fallen in South Africa (b/w photo) by English Photographer

With Colonel Baden-Powell at Mafeking, a Reconnaissance at Night (litho)
1043274 With Colonel Baden-Powell at Mafeking, a Reconnaissance at Night (litho) by Scott, Georges Bertin (1873-1942); Private Collection; (add.info.: With Colonel Baden-Powell at Mafeking)

"B-P s"Life in Mafeking, An Early Morning Visitor (litho)
1039722 " B-P s" Life in Mafeking, An Early Morning Visitor (litho) by Dadd, Frank (1851-1929) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: " B-P s" Life in Mafeking)

Robert Baden-Powell (b / w photo)
730220 Robert Baden-Powell (b/w photo) by English Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Robert Baden-Powell.); Look and Learn / Valerie Jackson Harris Collection; English

Night Sortie From Mafeking (litho)
STC363411 Night Sortie From Mafeking (litho) by Woodville, Richard Caton II (1856-1927) (after); Private Collection; (add.info)

The Baden-Powell Family (b / w photo)
1599670 The Baden-Powell Family (b/w photo) by English Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: The Baden-Powell Family)

The Defender of Mafeking at Pretoria (litho)
1600569 The Defender of Mafeking at Pretoria (litho) by Forestier, Amedee (1854-1930) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: The Defender of Mafeking at Pretoria)

With Colonel Baden-Powell in Mafeking, inspecting the Sick Horses Lines (litho)
1043272 With Colonel Baden-Powell in Mafeking, inspecting the Sick Horses Lines (litho) by Scott, Georges Bertin (1873-1942); Private Collection; (add.info.: With Colonel Baden-Powell in Mafeking)

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Robert Stephenson Smyth Baden-Powell, lst Viscount Baden-Powell, was an English soldier and the founder of the Boy Scout movement. His contributions to scouting are evident in various aspects, such as his design for Scouts Enrolment Card in 1944. This card served as a symbol of commitment and dedication to the principles of scouting that Baden-Powell held dear. In addition to his administrative work, Lord Baden-Powell also had a creative side. Ape Junior captured his charismatic personality in a caricature titled "Lord Baden-Powell" from 1911. Another artistic representation is seen in Kenneth Brookes' depiction of the Boy Scout Uniform and Badges from 1944, showcasing how these elements became synonymous with scouting worldwide. Beyond his professional endeavors, Robert Baden-Powell enjoyed moments of relaxation at home with his beloved dogs around 1929. These furry companions provided him solace amidst his busy life dedicated to shaping young minds through scouting. One significant event that marked Lord Baden-Powell's legacy was Mafeking night in London during 1900. This celebration honored his heroic defense during the Siege of Mafeking and highlighted the impact he had on British society at large. Even during times of conflict like World War II, scouts remained resilient under their leader's guidance. In an image from 1941, we see a Kings Scout taking charge while interacting with boy scouts from Gibraltar—a testament to how scout values transcend borders and unite people across nations. Scouting is not just about paperwork or formalities; it encompasses adventure too. An image capturing boy scouts camping in 1926 showcases their spirit for exploration nurtured by Robert Baden-Powell's teachings. Throughout history, many artists have sought to capture Lord Baden-Powell's essence on canvas or lithographs.