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From Wiki Jules Henri Poincaré (29 April 1854 – 17 July 1912) (French pronunciation: [ˈʒyl ɑ̃ˈʁi pwɛ̃kaˈʁe][1]) was a French mathematician, theoretical physicist, and a philosopher of science. Poincaré is often described as a polymath, and in mathematics as The Last Universalist, since he excelled in all fields of the discipline as it existed during his lifetime.

That's nice, but it was established last week, in comments on an identical copy of this image (posted with last week's batch of LOC photos) that this is not Henri, but Raymond Poincare (1860-1934), the President of France, being welcomed on a visit to Spain by King Alfonso XIII. Alfonso had been Poincare's guest in Paris, several months earlier.

sorry I guess I missed that discussion. Should I delete my comment?

See www.flickr.com/photos/library_of_congress/3378612889/ This will be during the same May 1913 visit of the King of Spain to Paris.

swanq: Thanks. We'll fix the date and add the additional information to the source data and reload the description!

Alfonso XIII (Alfonso León Fernando María Jaime Isidro Pascual Antonio de Borbón y Austria-Lorena; 17 May 1886 – 28 February 1941) was King of Spain from 1886 until 1931. His mother, Maria Christina of Austria, was appointed regent during his minority. In 1902, on attaining his 16th year, the King assumed control of the state. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alfonso_XIII_of_Spain Alfonso, Prince of Asturias (Alfonso Pío Cristino Eduardo Francisco Guillermo Carlos Enrique Eugenio Fernando Antonio Venancio Borbón y Battenberg (Madrid, 10 May 1907 – Miami, Miami-Dade County, Florida, 6 September 1938), was an Infante of Spain and the heir-apparent of the throne of Spain from 1907 to 1931. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alfonso,_Prince_of_Asturias_(1907-1938)

King Alfonso in Paris, with French President Raymond Poincare, May, 1913:

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Thanks Richard Arthur Norton, we will add their names to the record.