Portrait of Sir Robert Baden-Powell Painted by Benjamin Eggleston

	Baden-Powell as Inspector-General of Cavalry, the highest cavalry rank in the British Army, 1903.
	Baden-Powell as Inspector-General of Cavalry. With his staff on inspection
	Major-General, Robert Stephenson Smyth Baden-Powell, 1st Baron Baden-Powell
	Baden-Powell in formal uniform as a general officer, a wedding photograph from 1912.
	Lieutenant-General Baden-Powell at the front in France during the First World War, 1916.
	Lieutenant-General Baden-Powell, circa 1929.
	Lieutenant-General Sir Robert Baden-Powell in full dress uniform as Colonel of the 13th Hussars circa 1930.
	Baden-Powell in full dress uniform at a reception at Saint James Palace for the Coronation of George VI in 1937.

ABOUT THIS COLLECTION

I have been collecting photographs of B-P, as well as copies of his own writings, drawings, and paintings for about 15 years. Many of the originals come directly from editions of Baden-Powell’s writings, or from the archives of the British Scout Association (U.K.) and the Boy Scouts of America. The photos and drawings presented in this gallery have been collected from a wide variety of sources. Many of them appear in several different works (such as several well-known photo of B-P at Brownsea Island). Key sources include: Works of Sir Robert Baden-Powell; William Hillcourt (Green Bar Bill) with Baden-Powell-The Two Lives of a Hero, Olave Baden-Powell 1964 & 1994; John S. Wilson, Scouting Around the World, 1959; Russell Freedman, Scouting with Baden-Powell, New York, 1967; Laszlo Nagy, 250 Million Scouts, Chicago, 1985; Robert W. Peterson, The Boy Scouts-An American Adventure, New York, 1984; Tim Jeal, The Boy-Man-The Life of Lord Baden-Powell, New York, 1989; Michael Rosenthal, The Character Factory, New York, 1988; Heather Baden-Powell, Baden-Powell: A Family Album, 1986; E.E.Reynolds, Baden-Powell, London, 1942; Eileen K.Wade, 27 Years with Baden-Powell, London, 1957; Eileen K.Wade, The Piper of Pax, 1924; Frederick Russell Burnham, Scouting on Two Continents, 1926; Frederick Russell Burnham, Taking Chances, 1924; C. R. B. Barrett, History of the XIII Hussars, London, 1910; Winston S. Churchill, Great Contemporaries, 1939. The Gallery also includes several video captures from the video documentary, Scouts! The Rise of the World Scout Movement, Michael Murphy, producer, Churchill Films, 1986. The film includes archival footage and stills from the collections of the British Scout Association, the Boy Scouts of America, the Scouts of Canada, the British Film Institute, the National Film Archive, Washington, D.C., the Library of Congress Film Archives, EMI Pathe, British Movietone, Visnews, the Bettmann Archive, the Mansell Collection, the National Army Museum and the Imperial War Museum. The photograph of B-P with James E. West is courtesy of Rev. Michael Bruce Johnson and is from the Archives of the Chief Seattle Council, BSA, Seattle, Washington. The Frank Donohoe Collection is courtesy of Kevin Snair of Toronto, Canada.

	Baden-Powell Photo Gallery: Complete Index Without graphics
	Baden-Powell Photo Gallery: Early Years and Military Career, 1878-1898 Thumbnail Graphic Index
	Baden-Powell Photo Gallery: Mafeking & South Africa, 1899-1903 Thumbnail Graphic Index
	Baden-Powell Photo Gallery: Military Career & Final Years, 1904-1937 Thumbnail Graphic Index
	Baden-Powell Photo Gallery: Scouting with Baden-Powell, 1907-1920 Thumbnail Graphic Index
	Baden-Powell Photo Gallery: Scouting with Baden-Powell, 1920-1929 Thumbnail Graphic Index
	Baden-Powell Photo Gallery: Scouting with Baden-Powell, 1929-1941 Thumbnail Graphic Index
	Baden-Powell Photo Gallery: Home & Family, 1912-1941 Thumbnail Graphic Index
	Baden-Powell Photo Gallery: The Frank Donahoe Collection Thumbnail Graphic Index
	Baden-Powell Photo Gallery Baden-Powell at the World Jamborees Links to the World Jamborees, 1920-1937
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