Portraits of Celebrities at Different Times of their Lives.
LORD BATTERSEA. Born 1843.
Age 14. From a Daguerrotype.
Age 40. From a Drawing.
Age 21. From a Photo. by Mayland, Cambridge.
Present Day. From a Photograph by Bassano, 25, Old Bond Street, W.
ORD BATTERSEA, who was until recently known to the world as Mr. Cyril Flower, M.P., is a son of the late Mr. P.W. Flower, of Streatham, and was educated at Harrow and at Trinity College, Cambridge. He was called to the Bar at the age of twenty-seven, and became Liberal Member for Brecknock in 1880, and for the Luton Division of Bedfordshire in 1885 and 1886, in which later year he was one of Mr. Gladstone's "Whips." He married the daughter of the late Sir Anthony Rothschild, and both he and his wife are much interested in the welfare of the lower classes of London. Lord Battersea was unanimously reputed the handsomest man in the House of Commons, and is now, in every sense of the word, an ornament of the House of Lords.
W. Q. ORCHARDSON, R.A. Born 1835.
Age 16. From an Oil Sketch by himself.
Age 44. From a Photograph.
Age 35. From a Photograph by Walery, Marseilles.
Age ___. From a Photo. by Elliott & Fry.
R. WILLIAM QUILLER ORCHARDSON was born in Edinburgh, and at the age of fifteen entered the Trustees' Academy of that city, his first pictures being exhibited in the Royal Scottish Academy. At the age of twenty-eight he came to London, and the same year exhibited at the Royal Academy for the first time, his contributions being entitled, "An Old English Song" and "Portraits," the latter a life-size composition of three young ladies. In 1865 he painted "The Challenge," which won a prize of £100 given by Mr. Wallace, and one of the very few Medals awarded to English painters at the Paris Universal Exhibition. In 1866 came "The Story of a Life"—an aged nun relating her experiences to a group of novices. Two years later, when he had only been four years in London, he was elected an A.R.A. Among his more recent pictures may be mentioned "Napoleon on Board the Bellerophon" (1880), "The Salon of Madame Recamier" (1885), "The Young Duke" (1889), and "St. Helena" (1892). Mr. Orchardson was elected an R.A. in 1877, and a D.C.L. of Oxford in 1890.
LADY HALLÉ.
Age 10. From a Drawing.
Age ___. From a Photograph.
Age ___. From a Photograph.
Age ___. From a Photo. by Burraud.
ADY HALLÉ, whose maiden name was Wilhelmine Néruda, was born at Brünn, where her father was organist of the cathedral. She was a pupil of Jansa, and made her first appearance at Vienna at the age of six, and in London at the age of nine. After this she returned to the Continent, and in 1864 she married Ludwig Norman, a Swedish musician. Since 1869 she has been in England every winter, playing especially at the concerts of Sir Charles Hallé, whom she married in 1888.
SIR CHARLES HALLÉ.
Age 20. From a Painting.
Age 45. From a Photo. by H. Hering, Regent Street, W.
Age 31. From a Painting.
Present Day. From a Photo. by Mayall & Co., 164, New Bond Street, W.
IR CHARLES HALLÉ is a native of Germany, but at an early age he established himself in Paris, where he acquired a great reputation by his refined and classical rendering of the compositions of the great musicians; but the Revolution of 1843 drove him to England, where he has ever since resided. He soon established himself at Manchester, and as the founder of the annual series of orchestral and choral concerts there and in London, which have become, perhaps, the most important series in Europe, he has rendered the most valuable service to musical art.
DR. HERMANN ADLER, CHIEF RABBI. Born 1839.
Age 24. From a Photograph by McLean & Haes, Haymarket.
Age 44. From a Photograph by Fradella, 246, Regent Street, W.
Age 37. From a Photograph by J. R. Sawyer, Norwich.
Present Day. From a Photograph by The Photographic Co.
R. ADLER, son of Dr. Nathan Marcus Adler, was born in Hanover, and came to London with his father at the age of six. He studied at University College, took his B.A. degree at the University of London at twenty, and that of Ph.D., at Leipzig, at twenty-two. In the following year he was ordained Rabbi by the famous Rapoport, Chief Rabbi of Prague, and became in succession Principal of the Jews' College in London and Chief Minister of the Bayswater Synagogue. In 1890 his father, the Chief Rabbi, died, and Dr. Adler was elected in his place. Dr. Adler is well known not only by his powerful and scholarly writings, but by his work among the poorer Jews of London.
SIR ARCHIBALD ALISON, BART., K.C.B. Born 1826.
Age 47. From a Photograph by Jacklett, Aldershot.
Present Day. From a Photo. by Barraud.
ENERAL ALISON, son of Sir Archibald Alison, the first Baronet, who was the well-known author of "The History of Europe," was born at Edinburgh, and entered the Army at the age of twenty. He served in the Crimea, at the siege and fall of Sebastopol, at which date our second portrait represents him. During the Indian Mutiny he lost an arm at the relief of Lucknow. In 1882 he commanded the 1st Brigade, 2nd Division, during the expedition to Egypt, and at the decisive battle of Tel-el Kebir he led the Highland Brigade which fought so gallantly on that memorable occasion, and after Arabi's surrender he was left in Egypt with the command of the British army of 12,000 men to restore order and protect the Khedive. Sir Archibald was included in the thanks of Parliament for his energy and gallantry, and was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant-General; he received his appointment as General in 1889. In 1869 Sir Archibald Alison published an able treatise, "On Army Organization."
MADAME JANE HADING.
ADAME JANE HADING, the well-known French actress, was born at Marseilles, in 1863, where her father was popular as a leading actor, with whom she appeared when only three years of age as little Blanche de Caylus in "Le Bossu." At the age of thirteen she began work in earnest, having won "le prix de solfège" at the Marseille Conservatoire, and her talent having come to the ears of Mr. Plunkett, the director of the Palais Royal, he engaged her for the Palais Royal in Paris, where she created the part of La Chaste Suzanne, by Paul Ferrier. Giving up comic opera for comedy, Jane Hading went to the Gymnase, where she created the part of Claire de Beaulieu in "Le Maître de Forges." London had the opportunity of seeing her in that and "Prince Zilah," by Jules Claretie, later on, and fully indorsed the Parisian verdict. These conspicuous successes were followed by others almost as notable, and her subsequent tour in America won her golden opinions, and was so successful that it was extended some months. Her latest Parisian success was "Le Prince d'Aurec," which added greatly to her laurels, putting her in the very front rank of great artists.
