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'The Wolf that Never Sleeps', 1899-1900. Artist: Anon
The Wolf that Never Sleeps', 1899-1900. Robert Baden-Powell (1857-1941) at Mafeking, ever watchful, living up to his Matebele name 'Mpeesi' ('The Wolf That Never Sleeps'). In the 2nd Boer War (1899-1902), Baden-Powell won fame as the defender of Mafeking which was under siege by the Boers from 14 October 1899 until it was relieved by Field Marshal Roberts on 19 May 1900. After the war he founded the Boy Scouts (1909) and Girl Guides (1910).
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Photo Credit
HIP / Art Resource, NY
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1899 - 1902
1900s
19th century
1ST BARONET
20th century
Ann Ronan Pictures
Anon
anonymous
Astronomy
B&W
B/W
Baden-Powell
Baden-Powell (of Gilwell)
Black & White
Black and white
Boer War
Bophuthatswana
Britain
British
BRITISH EMPIRE
clothes
Colonialism
concept
DEFENDER
Dress
FULL MOON
Hat
Looking
LUNAR
Mafeking
Male
Man
Men
Military personnel
MILITARY UNIFORM
Monochrome
Moon
Moonlight
Night
NINETEENTH CENTURY
OFFICER
Patience
People
Portrait
Print Collector1
robert
Robert Baden-Powell
Robert Stehenson Smyth Baden-Powell
Robert Stephenson Smyth Baden-Powell
Science
Siege
Siege of Mafeking
Sir Robert Baden-Powell
Solar System
Soldier
soldiers
SOUTH AFRICA
staring
TGN
THINKING
THOUGHTFUL
time of day
VERTICAL
Victorian
Waiting
WAR HERO
Wars
WATCHFUL
watchfulness