Baden-Powell, Mrs. H. G. - St. Mary Street, Cardiff - 1840- Showing damage done by a flood in the River Taff - Reproduction from an original colour drawing by Mrs. H. G. Baden-Powell. A copy of the original artwork is held within the Penarth Dock Collection. [001]

Mrs. Henrietta Grace Baden-Powell (née Smyth, 1824-1914) was the mother Robert and Agnes. During 1910, Robert Baden-Powell retired from the army and formed The Scout Association for boys and later the same year, together with his sister, Agnes, formed The Girl Guides Association.

CARDIFF FROM THE SOUTH, 1840. "St. Mary Street, Cardiff, 1840, showing damage done by a flood in the river Taff." This note is attached in the writing of Mrs. H. G. Baden Powell to the original drawing, from which this interesting illustration was reproduced by her kind permission. The buildings are very accurately drawn. It must be borne in mind that the drawing was made before the diversion of the river. It shows the houses on the West side of St. Mary Street with backs running down to the river. Note the number of houses roofed with red pan-tiles. Mrs. Baden Powell was the daughter of Rear-Admiral William Henry Smyth, the adviser of Lord Bute in the construction of the first dock, who, with his family, resided at Cardiff for a time. He wrote a book "Observations on the Port and Maritime Vicinity of Cardiff," published in 1840. [650]