BADEN-POWELL ROBERT: (1857-1941) British Lieutenant General, founder of the Scout movement.

An excellent vintage signed 8 x 9.5 photograph, the image showing Baden-Powell in a half length pose wearing his uniform. The image is by Vandyk of London and is presented within a decorative border to the photographer's mount. Signed ('R S S Baden-Powell') in bold black fountain pen ink to a clear area at the base of the image and dated May 1905 in his hand. Some very light, extremely minor age wear and a few spots of foxing to the photographer's mount, not affecting the image or signature, otherwise VGBaden-Powell served in the British Army from 1876-1910 and successfully defended the town during the Siege of Mafeking in 1899 during the Second Boer War in South Africa. In 1907, two years after the present photograph was signed, Baden-Powell held a demonstration camp, the Brownsea Island Scout Camp, which is now regarded as the beginning of Scouting. He wrote Scouting for Boys in 1908 and two years later Baden-Powell retired from the army to form The Boy Scouts Association.