Hubert von Herkomer's 1903 portrait of the founder of Scouting, Sir Robert Baden-Powell - California State University's World Images Kiosk
Before Boy Scouting, Sir Robert Baden-Powell was the hero of the Siege of Mafeking, during the Boer War. This image of the founder of Scouting does not appear often, but deserves some audience, here in the Centennial of Scouting in the U.S.
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Mind you, he was a raving fascist & racist. The treatment of ‘the natives’ at Mafeking told that truth.
Also might wonder at his sexuality.
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