Portraits of Celebrities at Different Times of their Lives.
Reading edition
SIR CHARLES TUPPER.
Born 1821.
AGE 17.
From a Painting by Valentine.
AGE 43.
From a Photo by Notman, Montreal.
AGE 50.
From a Photo by Notman, Montreal.
PRESENT DAY.
From a Photo by Notman, Montreal.
THE HON. SIR CHARLES TUPPER, BART., G.C.M.G., K.C.M.G., C.B., M.D., L.R.C.S., LL.D., was a member of the Executive Council and Provincial Secretary of Nova Scotia from 1857 to 1860 and from 1863 to 1867, and Prime Minister of that province until he retired from office, with his Government, on the Union Act coming into force, on the 1st of July, 1867. He holds patent of rank and precedence from Her Majesty as an Executive Councillor of Nova Scotia; was sworn as a Privy Councillor of Canada, June, 1870; and was President of that body from that date until the 1st July, 1872. Sir Charles represented the county of Cumberland, Nova Scotia, in Parliament for thirty-two years. He was created a baronet in 1888.
DR. G. W. LEITNER.
AGE 15.
From a Photograph.
(Chief Interpreter during the Russian War.)
AGE 21.
From a Photograph.
(Professor at King's College, London.)
AGE 26.
From a Photograph.
(As a Maulvi when exploring Dardistan.)
PRESENT DAY.
From a Photo by W. & D. Downey.
DR. G. W. LEITNER, Ph.D., LL.D., D.O.L., etc., probably the greatest linguist of this or any age, was born at Pesth on the 14th October, 1840. At the early age of fifteen he obtained a chief-interpretership, with the rank of colonel, in Her Majesty's commissariat during the Russian War in 1855; was Professor of Arabic with Mohammedan Law at King's College, London, where he founded the Oriental Section in 1861; has founded eighty-one institutions, including the Punjab University and the Oriental University Institute, Mosque, and Museum (containing unique collections) at Woking; discovered the countries, languages, and races of Dardistan (between Kabul, Badakhshan, and Kashmir) in 1866; excavated and named "Græco-Buddhistic" sculptures in 1870; originated and popularized Her Majesty's title of "Kaisar-i-Hind"; has written works on education, ethnography, etc., in many languages; is commander of several high foreign orders, etc. He retired from the Indian service in 1886; held a brilliant International Oriental congress in London in 1891, and is now engaged in elaborating his Central Asian material and in editing the numerous publications of the Oriental University Institute.
MADAME CANZIANI
(Miss Louisa Starr).
AGE 8.
From a Photograph.
AGE 20.
From a Photo by M. Bowness, Ambleside.
AGE 27.
From a Photo by Elliott & Fry.
PRESENT DAY.
From a Photo by Elliott & Fry.
MADAME CANZIANI, better known in the early days of her career as Miss Louisa Starr, became a student of the Academy at an unusually early age, and, making quick progress, she took, first, the silver medal for the best copy of Murillo's "Beggar Boys." This was the first time any woman had taken a medal of the Royal Academy. The following year she took the highest honour possible for an Academy student, namely, the gold medal for historical painting, it being awarded to her, together with a scholarship of £50. Since this date, works by Madame Canziani have been seen every year on the walls of the Royal Academy, this year's being "Roses" and "Dorothy Belleville."
A. E. STODDART.
Born 1864.
AGE 3.
From a Photo by J. H. Haggitt, South Shields.
AGE 13.
From a Photo by R. L. Graham, Leamington.
AGE 21.
From a Photo by Geo. F. Dew, Coventry.
PRESENT DAY.
From a Photo by Bradshaw, Newgate Street.
MR. ANDREW ERNEST STODDART is a native of Durham. His cricket career, which is most brilliant, practically commenced when he joined the Hampstead Club in 1885. He made no fewer than five centuries for that club in July and August of that year. In the following year he hit up the highest individual innings (485) for Hampstead v. Stoics, and three days later made 207 for the same club. As a batsman he has great strength, and plays very hard. He is also a fair change bowler, and an excellent field anywhere. He has gained the highest honours on the football field, and made his first appearance in International football in the season of 1884-85. Mr. Stoddart went to Australia with Lord Sheffield's cricketers 1891-92, for whom he did brilliant work. Last year he became one of the holders of the rare record of two hundreds in a match.
SIR JOHN ASTLEY.
Born 1823.
AGE 6.
From a Water-Colour by Lady Astley.
AGE 10.
From a Water-Colour by Lady Astley.
AGE 30.
From a Miniature.
AGE 50.
From a Photo by Dickinson, New Bond Street.
PRESENT DAY.
From a Photo by Elliot & Fry.
SIR JOHN DUGDALE ASTLEY, BART., is the son of the late Sir Francis Dugdale. He was educated at Eton and Oxford. As a boy, he developed the first genius that in after years made him famous, and, as far as athletics are concerned, there is no better authority than "Jolly Sir John." He served through the Crimean Campaign, and was awarded the medal with two clasps—Alma and Sebastopol—and the Order of the Medjidieh. Even during the campaign Sir John encouraged athletics, not only in his regiment—the Scots Fusilier Guards—but in the whole English Army. His men adored him, and would go anywhere and do anything for him. On his retirement from the Army, he was elected member for North Lincolnshire in the Conservative interest, and sat in the House till 1880. On the Turf, of which Sir John was for a long time a well-known and generous supporter, his success was anything but encouraging, but he bore his losses like a gentleman and a sportsman. Sir John is issuing "Fifty Years of My Life," which is to be a record of the principal events in his interesting career.