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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?

famous mathematician, died suddenly after an operation July 17, 1912 query.nytimes.com/mem/archive-free/pdf?_r=1&res=9D01E...

I think it is the statesman, who would have been 53 in 1913 when he was elected the President of France: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raymond_Poincar%c3%a9

ah you mean his cousin, Raymomd, the photo more resembles him so yes, quite the family President of France from 1913 to 1920. Henri himself was only 58 when he died so he could not have been Raymond's father :) en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raymond_Poincar%c3%a9

Evidently the invitation to visit Spain was reciprocation for Poincare's earlier hospitality to Alfonso in Paris:

Another Bain/LOC copy of the photo of Poincare and Alfonso in Spain:

It's probably closer to 1913 or 1914, given the aircraft in the background.

Alfonso XIII borned in 1886 so in 1908 he was 22 years old. If you compare the face here with others I think this photo is older, arround 1913 or older. See the moustache, it is of a more mature man. The photo was made out of Spain, probably France or Germany. Could be Uk too.

Es el Rey Alfonso XIII, parece en el aeródromo de Cuatro Vientos, en Madrid.