Portraits of Celebrities at Different Times of their Lives.
Reading edition
THE REVEREND CANON H. SCOTT HOLLAND.
Born 1847.
AGE 11.
From a Daguerrotype.
AGE 20.
From a Photograph.
AGE 32.
From a Photo, by Sutcliffe, Whitby.
PRESENT DAY.
From a Photo by Elliott & Fry.
The Rev. Canon Henry Scott Holland was born at Ledbury, Herefordshire, and was educated at Eton and Balliol College, Oxford. He was ordained at Cuddesdon in 1872, and was afterwards Theological Tutor at Christ Church. In 1882 he was appointed Canon of Truro and Examining Chaplain to the Bishop, and in 1884 was made Canon of St. Paul's. Canon Holland has published several volumes of sermons, an article on "Justin Martyr" in the "Dictionary of Christian Biography," and an essay in "Lux Mundi."
LORD ROSEBERY.
Born 1847.
AGE 17.
From a Photo by Hills and Saunders.
AGE 21.
From a Photo by Hills & Saunders, Eton.
AGE 38.
From a Photo by Russell & Sons, Baker Street.
PRESENT DAY.
From a Photo by Elliott & Fry.
The right Hon. Archibald Philip Primrose, Earl of Rosebery, LL.D., P.C., was born in London, and received his education at Eton, our first portrait showing him at that time. He was appointed Under-Secretary of State for the Home Department in August, 1881. He resigned the Under-Secretaryship in 1883 and became First Commissioner of Works. In 1886 he was appointed Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, and succeeded Mr. Gladstone as Prime Minister in March of this year.
MR. JUSTICE WILLS.
Born 1828.
AGE 25.
From a Photo by Maull & Fox.
AGE 33.
From a Photo by Disderi, Paris.
AGE 48.
From a Photograph.
AGE 55.
From a Photo by H. J. Whitlock, Birmingham.
PRESENT DAY.
From a Photo by Elliott & Fry.
The Hon. Sir Alfred Wills entered the Middle Temple, by which Inn he was called to the Bar in 1851. He was made a Q.C. in 1872, and was appointed Judge in 1884. He was made President of the Railway Commission in 1888. Mr. Justice Wills was one of the founders, and is one of the six remaining original members, of the Alpine Club, and nearly all the happiest recollections of his life are connected with the Alps, and more especially with his own Alpine home.
SIR CHARLES DILKE, M.P.
Born 1843.
AGE 12.
From a Daguerreotype by Antoine Claudet, 107, Regent Street, W.
AGE 17.
From a Photo by Antoine Claudet, 107, Regent Street, W.
AGE 37.
From a Photo by John Watkins, Parliament Street, W.
PRESENT DAY.
From a Photo by Dickinson, 114, New Bond Street, W.
The Right Hon. Sir Chas. Wentworth Dilke, Bart., was born at Chelsea September 4, 1843, being a grandson of Charles Wentworth Dilke, the critic. He was educated at Trinity Hall, Cambridge; he graduated as senior legalist in January, 1866. In the same year he was called to the Bar at the Middle Temple. In 1868 he published a book in two vols., "Greater Britain: A Record of Travel in English-speaking Countries During 1866-67," which deals with his observations during his travels round the world. In 1868 he was elected as Radical member for Chelsea. Among his many legislative achievements was the creation of School Boards directly elected by the ratepayers. In December, 1882, he was made President of the Local Government Board, with a seat in the Cabinet. In 1885 he married Mrs. Mark Pattison. In 1887 he published "The Present Position of European Politics"; in 1888, "The British Army," and in 1890, "Problems of Greater Britain." In the General Election of 1892 he was returned M.P. for Forest of Dean.
LADY DILKE.
AGE 2.
From a Painting by Miss Atkins.
AGE 10.
From a Painting by W. B. Scott.
AGE 25.
From a Painting by Victor Pollet.
PRESENT DAY.
From a Photo by Elliot & Fry.
Lady Dilke (née Emilia Frances Strong), daughter of Major Henry Strong, H.E.I.C.S., was born at Ilfracombe in 1842. She was educated by Miss Bodwick, sister of the celebrated African traveller, and received much friendly teaching in drawing from Mr. Mulready, R.A. She married first, in 1862, the Rev. Mark Pattison, Rector of Lincoln College, Oxford (who died on July 30th, 1884); and secondly, in 1885, the Right Hon. Sir Charles Wentworth Dilke, Bart. Lady Dilke was long a writer in the Saturday and Westminster Reviews, and afterwards, on the foundation of the Academy, she edited the Art section for one or two years, and also supplied original articles during that time. In 1879, Lady Dilke published a work in two volumes illustrated by herself, and entitled "The Renaissance of Art in France." In 1881 she wrote a biography of Sir Frederick Leighton for the series of "Modern Artists," edited by Mr. Dumas; and in 1882 she lectured at the Birmingham and Midland Institute on "The Industrial Policy of Colbert." In 1884 she published in French, through the Librairie de l'Art, a monograph on Claude. Lady Dilke subsequently published "The Shrine of Death," a volume of stories, in 1886, and "Art in the Modern State," in 1888. In subsequent years she contributed several stories to the Universal Review, and wrote in the Fortnightly Review and the New Review on Trade Unions for Women, in which she takes a deep interest.