Smyth Collection

Suffragette Song Anthem March of the Women. Words and music of The March of the Women composed by Ethel Smyth, dedicated to the Womens Social & Political Union, written in 1911

Baden-Powell / Chief Scout
LORD ROBERT STEPHENSON SMYTH BADEN-POWELL English army and Chief scout

Scout / Baden-Powell 1921
Chief scout, Lord Robert Stephenson Smyth Baden-Powell, visits a French scout camp

Robert Stephenson Smyth Baden-Powell (1815-1941) lst Viscount Baden-Powell. English soldier: defender of Mafeking in 2nd Boer War (1899-1900)

Library, Hartwell House, Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire
Watercolour painting of the Library at Hartwell House, Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire, by Henrietta Grace Baden Powell (nee Smyth, 1824-1914), mother of Robert. circa 1840s

Tatler front cover of Sir Robert Baden-Powell
Front cover of The Tatler with a portrait of Lieutenant-General Sir Robert Stephenson Smyth Baden-Powell (1857-1941), military leader and founder of the Boy Scout movement. Date: 31st January 1934

St Johns Church, Stone, near Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire
Watercolour painting of St Johns Church, Stone, near Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire, by Henrietta Grace Baden Powell (nee Smyth, 1824-1914), mother of Robert. circa 1840s

Greenwich Observatory, south east London
Watercolour painting of Greenwich Observatory in south east London, viewed from the side with two children playing on the grass, by Henrietta Grace Baden Powell (nee Smyth, 1824-1914)

Greenwich Park and Royal Naval College, London
Watercolour sketch of Greenwich Park with the Royal Naval College in south east London and the River Thames in the distance, by Henrietta Grace Baden Powell (nee Smyth, 1824-1914), mother of Robert

Warington and Augustus Smyth Powell
Pencil drawing of Henry Warington Smyth Powell (1847-1921) and Augustus Smyth Powell (1849-1863), two of the children of the Reverend Baden Powell and his third wife Henrietta

Interior at New College Lane, Oxford
Watercolour sketch of an interior at New College Lane, Oxford, showing Reverend Baden Powell and his wife (they married in 1846), with five children

Garden with mountain in distance, Cardiff, Wales
Watercolour painting showing a garden and a mountain in the distance, in Cardiff, Wales, by Henrietta Grace Baden Powell (nee Smyth, 1824-1914), mother of Robert. circa 1840s

Robert Stephenson Smyth Baden-Powell (1857-1941) British soldier, founded Boy Scouts (1908)
531925 Robert Stephenson Smyth Baden-Powell (1857-1941) British soldier, founded Boy Scouts (1908), Girl Guides (1910) and Wolf Cubs (1916). In 2nd Boer War he won fame as the defender of Mafeking

The new iron screw steam-ship London, built for the Australian trade…, 1864. Creator: Smyth
The new iron screw steam-ship London, built for the Australian trade by Messrs. Money, Wigram and Sons, at Blackwall, 1864. From "Illustrated London News", 1864.

The Colonel Lamb blockade-runner, built at Liverpool, 1864. Creator: Smyth
The Colonel Lamb blockade-runner, built at Liverpool, 1864. Engraving from a drawing by Mr. William Woods. '...an exciting race took place...between the paddle-wheel steam-boat Douglas...and

Launch of the Turkish iron-clad frigate Sultan Mahmoud, at the Thames Ironworks, Blackwall, 1864. Creator: Smyth
Launch of the Turkish iron-clad frigate Sultan Mahmoud, at the Thames Ironworks, Blackwall, 1864. Ship '...built for the Sultan of Turkey by the Thames Ironworks Company...of 4221 tons burden;

The War in America: Fort Lafayette, the Federal Bastille for political prisoners, 1862. Creator: Smyth
The War in America: Fort Lafayette, the Federal Bastille for political prisoners, 1862. 'The traveller to America who enters the beautiful harbour of New York...will observe

The Jackal tender and boats going to meet the American mail steamer at Roche's Point..., 1864. Creator: Smyth
The Jackal tender and boats going to meet the American mail steamer at Roche's Point, near Queenstown [in Ireland], 1864

The Peninsular and Oriental Company's new paddle-wheel steamer Nyanza, 1864. Creator: Smyth
The Peninsular and Oriental Company's new paddle-wheel steamer Nyanza, 1864. A ship built by the Thames Ironworks and Shipbuilding Company from designs by Mr. G. C

The late outrage on the Neutrality of Brazil: The Florida…and the Wachusetts…Bahia Harbour, 1864. Creator: Smyth
The late outrage on the Neutrality of Brazil: The Florida (Confederate) and the Wachusetts (Federal) in Bahia Harbour, 1864. 'Wachusetts; the Brazilian warship; Forida

Cotton from India: a cotton fleet descending the Ganges - casting off from Mirzapore, 1862. Creator: Smyth
Cotton from India: a cotton fleet descending the Ganges - casting off from Mirzapore early in the morning, 1862. Boats en route to '...Calcutta, for the purpose of shipping the cotton to Europe

The War in Japan: the Red Battery opening fire on the corvettes, Sept. 6, 1864. Creator: Smyth
The War in Japan: the Red Battery opening fire on the corvettes, Sept. 6, 1864. Engraving from a sketch by Mr. C. Wirgman

Nova Scotian Goldfields: Laidlaw's Farm, near Halifax, 1862. Creator: Smyth
Nova Scotian Goldfields: Laidlaw's Farm, near Halifax, [Canada], 1862. Engraving of a photograph by Captain W. D. Tompson, of the 17th Regiment

Wreck of the Montreal Ocean Steam-Ship Company's mail-steamer Jura, Crosby Point...Liverpool, 1864. Creator: Smyth
Wreck of the Montreal Ocean Steam-Ship Company's mail-steamer Jura, at Crosby Point, near Liverpool, 1864. 'The Jura...had made her passage across the Atlantic...She arrived at the Bell Buoy

H.M.S. Victoria, 102 guns, the new flagship of the Mediterranean fleet, 1864. Creator: Smyth
H.M.S. Victoria, 102 guns, the new flagship of the Mediterranean fleet, 1864. 'Our Engraving, from a drawing by Mr. F. L

The War in America: the Federal steamer Chesapeake, seized by Confederates..., 1864. Creator: Smyth
The War in America: the Federal steamer Chesapeake, seized by Confederates, landing crew and passengers off Musquash Harbour, Bay of Fundy, 1864. Engraving from a sketch by Mr. Charles C. Ward

The new imperial steam-yacht, Taliah, built for the Sultan, 1864. Creator: Smyth
The new imperial steam-yacht, Taliah, built for the Sultan, 1864. The yacht, constructed '...by Messrs. Samuda, made her trial-trip recently, with the Turkish Ambassador, M. Musurus, on board

A Barking carrier collecting fish from the trawl fleet on the Doggerbank, 1864. Creator: Smyth
A Barking carrier collecting fish from the trawl fleet on the Doggerbank, 1864. '...a view of some of the vessels composing the largest fleet engaged in the deep-sea fisheries of Great Britain

Dock No. 2 at Chatham Yard, recently opened, 1858. Creator: Smyth
Dock No. 2 at Chatham Yard, recently opened, 1858. The Dock recently completed at Chatham, known as No. 2 Dock...was commenced in October, 1855, and completed in October of the present year

Donati's Comet, as seen from the Cambridge Observatory, on October 11, 1858. Creator: Smyth
Donati's Comet, as seen from the Cambridge Observatory, on October 11, 1858. As it but seldom happens that such a favourable opportunity occurs for examining the changes which take place in

Scene from "The Rose of Castile", at Drury Lane Theatre, 1858. Creator: Smyth
Scene from "The Rose of Castile", at Drury Lane Theatre, 1858. London stage production. This lively and pretty opera, certainly the chef-d'oeuvre of our most popular English composer

Brancepeth Castle, Durham, 1858. Creator: Smyth
Brancepeth Castle, Durham, 1858. This noble edifice is said to be the earliest castellated building in the county of Durham, its foundation being coeveal with the Bulmer family

Statue of Sir Jamsetjee Jeejeebhoy, to be placed in the Townhall of Calcutta, 1858. Creator: Smyth
Statue of Sir Jamsetjee Jeejeebhoy, to be placed in the Townhall of Calcutta, 1858. Engraving from a photograph by Messrs, Caldesi and Montocchi

Her Majesty leaving Cherbourg, 1858. Creator: Smyth
Her Majesty leaving Cherbourg, 1858. Queen Victoria returns to England on the Royal Yacht....a farewell visit was paid by the Emperor and Empress;

The Swedish Minstrels, at St. James's Hall, 1858. Creator: Smyth
The Swedish Minstrels, at St. James's Hall, 1858. The Swedish singers are represented as wearing the costumes peculiar to the peasantry of the principal provinces of their country...The most

Prize Animals exhibited at the Meeting of the Royal Agricultural Society at Chester, 1858. Creator: Smyth
Prize Animals exhibited at the Meeting of the Royal Agricultural Society at Chester, 1858. Shorthorns, Class IV: Mr. R. Booth's First Prize Cow. Sheep, Class I: Mr

Laying the Atlantic Telegraph Cable - the "Agamemnon" in a Storm, 1858. Creator: Smyth
Laying the Atlantic Telegraph Cable - the "Agamemnon" in a Storm, 1858. Ship struggling in...the great storm on the 20th of June...the Agamemnon rolled so heavily

English Songs and Melodies - "The Cheerful Heart", 1858. Creator: Smyth
English Songs and Melodies - "The Cheerful Heart", 1858. The Poetry [lyrics] by Charles MacKay; the Symphonies and Accompaniments by Sir H. R

Edinburgh Castle, from the Corn Exchange, in the Grassmarket, 1860. Creator: Smyth
Edinburgh Castle, from the Corn Exchange, in the Grassmarket, 1860. The castle...consists of a series of irregular fortifications, and although, before the invention of gunpowder

The Prince of Wales in Canada, 1860. Creator: Smyth
The Prince of Wales in Canada, 1860. The future King Edward VII on a royal vist to North America. The Prince reached Fredericton, New Brunswick, on the 4th August

Scene from the opera of "Robin Hood", at Her Majesty's Theatre, 1860. Creator: Smyth
Scene from the opera of "Robin Hood", at Her Majesty's Theatre, 1860. Many of our London readers who have been spectators of this most popular Opera at Her Majesty's Theatre

H.M.S. "Euryalus", the Vessel in which Prince Alfred takes his First Voyage to Sea, 1858. Creator: Smyth
H.M.S. "Euryalus", the Vessel in which Prince Alfred takes his First Voyage to Sea, 1858. On the return of the Euryalus from Cherbourg, where she attended as one of the squadron of honour

General Garibaldi - from a portrait by Orsani, 1860. Creator: Smyth
General Garibaldi - from a portrait by Orsani, 1860. Garibaldi, the champion of Italian liberties...The picture is striking from the extreme simplicity of the treatment - neither of the hands being

Building the great steam-frigate "Warrior" at the Thames Ironworks, Blackwall, 1860. Creator: Smyth
Building the great steam-frigate "Warrior" at the Thames Ironworks, Blackwall, 1860. Admiral Sir Baldwin Wake Walker, Surveyor of the Navy

"To Christina: a Confession", 1860. Creator: Smyth. "To Christina: a Confession", 1860
"To Christina: a Confession", 1860. Its curved shining finger drew me towards it, and I heard its voice saying "Come!" It's the only way. Hasten! Save yourself!'

The Wassail Bowl - drawn by John Gilbert, 1860. Creator: Smyth
all! welcome all! The feast is spread in the vaulted hall...The gen'rous wassail-bowl With kindness warms the soul. We quaff it to friends, we quaff it to foes

Sculpture: "Chastity", by J. Durham, in the Royal Academy Exhibition, 1860. Creator: Smyth
Sculpture: "Chastity", by J. Durham, in the Royal Academy Exhibition, 1860. "Chastity" is here represented in a figure which, judging from the profile presented in the Engraving

"Hymn of Universal Harmony", 1858. Creator: Smyth. "Hymn of Universal Harmony", 1858
"Hymn of Universal Harmony", 1858. Music by Jullien. Translated from the French by Desmond Ryan. Behold, a brighter morning Than e'er in Heav'n had birth Awakes

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"Smyth: A Legacy of Courage, Leadership, and Empowerment" Step into the world of Smyth, where history intertwines with bravery and progress. From the powerful Suffragette Song Anthem March of the Women to the visionary Baden-Powell as Chief Scout in 1921, this captivating journey will leave you inspired. Discover the enchanting Hartwell House Library in Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire – a sanctuary that witnessed countless moments of enlightenment. Imagine Sir Robert Baden-Powell gracing the prestigious Tatler front cover, symbolizing his influential role in shaping society. Visit St Johns Church in Stone, near Aylesbury – a place where faith and community thrived under Baden-Powell's guidance. Then venture to Greenwich Observatory in southeast London; gaze upon its majestic surroundings at Greenwich Park and Royal Naval College. These iconic landmarks echo with echoes of Smyth's indomitable spirit. Uncover tales of Warington and Augustus Smyth Powell - their names forever etched alongside their remarkable ancestor's legacy. Step inside New College Lane Interior at Oxford University; feel the weight of knowledge that shaped generations. Travel further to Cardiff, Wales - a garden oasis with mountains looming on the horizon. Here lies Robert Stephenson Smyth Baden-Powell (1815-1941), lst Viscount Baden-Powell - an English soldier whose impact transcended borders. Smyth is more than just a name; it represents resilience against adversity and unwavering dedication towards progress. Let us celebrate this extraordinary lineage that continues to inspire generations worldwide.