[Illustration: PRESENT DAY. _From a Photograph by Bassano, 35, Old Bond Street, W._.] W. Q. ORCHARDSON, R.A. BORN 1835. [Illustration: AGE 16. _From an Oil Sketch by himself._] [Illustration: AGE 35. _From a Photograph by Walery, Marseilles._] [Illustration: AGE 44. _From a Photograph._] Mr. 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. [Illustration: PRESENT DAY. _From a Photo. by Elliott & Fry._] LADY HALLÉ. [Illustration: AGE 10. _From a Drawing._] [Illustration: AGE 23. _From a Photograph._] Lady 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. [Illustration: AGE 35. _From a Photograph._] [Illustration: PRESENT DAY. _From a Photo by Burraud_.] SIR CHARLES HALLÉ. [Illustration: AGE 20. _From a Painting._] Sir 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. [Illustration: AGE 31. _From a Painting._] [Illustration: AGE 45. _From a Photo, by H. Hering, Regent Street, W._] [Illustration: PRESENT DAY. _From a Photo. by Mayall & Co., 164, New Bond Street, W._] DR. HERMANN ADLER, CHIEF RABBI. [Illustration: AGE 24.