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Robert Baden-Powell

Robert Stephenson Smyth Baden-Powell, 1st Baron Baden-Powell
London 1857 - Nyeri, Kenya 1941
lieutenant-general in the British Army, writer, founder of the Scout Movement and first Chief Scout of The Boy Scouts Association
(Wikipedia)

Ricardo Velosa
1998

Description

Bronze bust of Baden-Powel in a scouting uniform with hat.

Inscription(s)

BADEN POWELL
1857 - 1941

CIDADÃO DO MUNDO

CHEFE MUNDIAL DO ESCUTISMO

homenagem das associações de
ideal escutista da região
autónoma da madeira
—
promovida pelo corpo nacional de escutas
no 70° aniversário da sua fundação
22/02/1998

BADEN POWELL
1857 - 1941

World Citizen

World Chief Scout

Homage of the Associations
of the Scouting Ideal of the
Autonomous Region of Madeira.
—
Promoted by the National Body of Scouts
at the 70th Anniversary of its Foundation.
22 February 1998

Signature

Ricardo | Jorge 97

Sculptor

Ricardo Jorge Abrantes Velosa (also: Veloza) (Rio de Janeiro 1947), Madeiran sculptor (Biography).

Sources & Information

Funchal Municipio, Funchal: Cidade com Arte (2010) (PDF on-line).
Arquipelagos, Image Bank.
Madeira Quase Esquecida, O que nos contam as nossas estátuas… (Facebook).
Padre António Vieira, Estátuas Madeirenses: Fotos e apontamentos sobre estátuas madeirenses (Blogspot).
Igogo, Monumentos no Funchal

Locatie (N 32°38'56" - W 16°54'33") (Satellite view: Google Maps)

Item Code: ptma026; Photograph: 7 January 2014
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