Scouting Collection (#47)

Coast Watching. Date: circa 1916

The Wide Game. Date: circa 1910s

New College Lane Oxford
New College Lane, Oxford, left to right are Reverend George Baden-Powell, Mrs Warrington Baden-Powell. Date: circa 1840s

Painting of white snowberries with pink flowers
Painting of white snowberries (symphoricarpos albus) with pink flowers, by Henrietta Grace Baden Powell (nee Smyth, 1824-1914), mother of Robert

Garden and dining room window
Our garden and dining room window, New College Lane, Oxford. Left to right are Warry, Francis, George and Augustus. Date: circa 1840s

Near Joss Stairs Kingsgate
Near Joss Stairs, Kingsgate. Date: 1867

Displaced Scouts and Guides in Germany
A large group of displaced Lithuanian Scouts and Guides and their leaders sitting on a monument in Germany. 1940s

Story time for Beaver Scouts
A group of Irish Beaver Scouts sit on the floor looking up at their leader who shows them pictures from The Story of the Beaver book. 1970s

Mr F. Morgan with Aden Scouts
Mr F. Morgan (Commonwealth Commissioner) shaking hands with a scout from the 1st Aden Group, Sheikh Othman. 19 August 1959

Names of Scouts at Swedish Scout Training Team Meeting
The names of Scouts at Swedish Scout Training Team Meeting 1962

Air Scouts on a tractor
Two Air Scouts drive a cable towing tractor at Lasham airfield. 1960s

Sea Scouts helping at 1948 Olympics
Sea Scouts assisting with the boats at Torquay during the 1948 Olympics. 1948

Scouts with British Airways Officer
Three Scouts look excitedly at a map provided by a British European Airways Senior First Officer, with a Douglas DC-3 behind them. circa 1950s

Scout cooking at camp
Picture shows a Scout frying up his meal over an altar fire. Camp time also allows for strange new hat fashions to develop. 1966

Botanic Garden, Chelsea, London
Colour drawing of the Botanic (Physic) Garden, Chelsea, London, by Henrietta Grace Baden Powell (nee Smyth, 1824-1914), mother of Robert. The statue is of Sir (Dr) Hans Sloane. 1844

Greville Place Kilburn
Greville Place, Kilburn. Date: circa 1840s

Hall at St Donats Glamorganshire
Hall at St Donat s, Glamorganshire. Date: 1842

View of the Adriatic Coast, Italy, by Henrietta Grace Baden Powell (nee Smyth, 1824-1914), mother of Robert. 1840

Classical battle scene with men and horses
A classical battle scene showing two men on their horses, by Henrietta Grace Baden Powell (nee Smyth, 1824-1914), mother of Robert. circa 1840s

Indian marketplace. Date: circa 1870s

If I Were A Boy Again. Date: circa 1910s

Scout. Date: circa 1970s

North Foreland. Date: 1867

Country scene. Date: circa 1840s

Trieste Lighthouse. Date: 1840

Two Impala rutting. Date: 1964

George Purdy Chief Scout
George Purdy, Chief Scout. Date: 2004

St Johns Church Stone
St Johns Church, Stone. Date: circa 1840s

St Nicholas Ghent from our window
St Nicholas, Ghent from our window. Date: 1839

Landslip Isle of Wight
Landslip, Isle of Wight. Date: circa 1860s

Reverend Baden-Powells dining room Oxford
Reverend Baden-Powells dining room, Oxford. Date: circa 1840s

Warrington and Robert Baden-Powell sailing canoes
Warrington and Robert Baden-Powell sailing in their Nautilus canoes in the Baltic by Warrington Baden-Powell. circa 1910s

Trees possibly at St Donats Glamorganshire
Trees, possibly at St Donat s, Glamorganshire. Date: circa 1842

Portrait of Captain Newham
Watercolour portrait of Captain Newham, standing in profile, by Henrietta Grace Baden Powell (nee Smyth, 1824-1914), mother of Robert. 1843

Antwerp. Date: 1839

Culver Cliffs from the landslip Isle of Wight
Culver Cliffs from the landslip, Isle of Wight. Date: circa 1860s

Warrington Baden-Powell catching fish in his canoe. Date: circa 1860s

Major General Michael J H Walsh Chief Scout
Major General Michael J. H. Walsh, Chief Scout. Date: 1988

Fortified town. Date: circa 1890s

Llandaff House. Date: circa 1840s

Drawing room in AWT Greens house
Drawing room in A.W.T. Greens house. Date: circa 1840s

Alveria. Date: circa 1860s

Coastal scene with rocks and trees, by Henrietta Grace Baden Powell (nee Smyth, 1824-1914), mother of Robert. circa 1840s

Scout in a geometric style. Date: circa 1925

Portrait of Augusta Newham
Watercolour portrait of Augusta Newham, sitting on a chair, by Henrietta Grace Baden Powell (nee Smyth, 1824-1914), mother of Robert. 1843

Mrs Newham. Date: 1843

Sir William Garth Morrison Chief Scout
Sir William Garth Morrison, Chief Scout. Date: 1996

Copy of a painting depicting deer hunting. Date: 1867

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