raymondpoincaré

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:

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?

Here is link to Wikipedia bio of then king of Spain, Alfonso XIII, sure looks to be the same guy. (But who is "Seade Moulin", maybe refers to the two gentlemen on the left)? en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alfonso_XIII_of_Spain

Looks like it might say "Jean De Moulin," but I can't find anything under that name, either.

Poincaré is probably en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raymond_Poincar%c3%a9

In May 1913, Alfonso visited President Poincaré of France in Paris. See NYT of May 8, 1913: query.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=9D07E5D91F3AE633A... "PARIS, May 7. -- King Alfonso of Spain arrived in Paris this morning on a three days' visit to President Poincare. He and Count Romanones, the Spanish Premier, drove from the station with the President in a four-horse carriage, escorted by cuirassiers." This could certainly be in Paris and I think the soldiers could be cuirassiers.

Swanq: Thanks! This certainly looks probable. We'll fix the date and title in the source data and reload the description