.R.A.

BORN 1839.

[Illustration: AGE 16.

_From a Photo. by Robert Burton, Dalmeny._]

[Illustration: AGE 32.

_From an Oil Painting by J. Pettie, R.A._]

[Illustration: AGE 40.

_From a Photo. by Fradelle._]

[Illustration: PRESENT DAY.

_From a Photo. by Raymond Lynde._]

Mr. John MacWhirter, A.R.A., was born at Slateford, near Edinburgh, and
educated at Peebles. He was elected an Associate of the Royal Scottish
Academy in 1863. In the following year he came to London, and was
elected an Associate of the Royal Academy on January 22nd, 1879. He was
elected an Honorary Member of the Royal Scotch Academy in 1882; elected
member of the Royal Institute of Painters in Water Colours, same year;
exhibited in R.A., 1884, "The Windings of the Forth," "A Sermon by the
Sea," and "Home of the Grizzly Bear"; 1885, "Track of a Hurricane,"
"Iona," "Loch Scavaig"; "The Three Witches," 1886. Mr. MacWhirter has
painted "Loch Cornisk, Skye," 1867; "A great while ago the world began
with hey ho, the wind and the rain," 1871; "Caledonia," 1875; "The Lady
of the Woods," 1876; "The Three Graces," 1878; "The Valley by the Sea,"
1879; "The Lord of the Glen," 1880; "Sunday in the Highlands," and
"Mountain Tops," 1881; "A Highland Auction" and "Ossian's Grave," 1882;
"Corrie, Isle of Arran," "Sunset Fires," "Nature's Mirror," "A Highland
Harvest," 1883; and "Edinburgh from Salisbury Crag," 1887.

J. FORBES-ROBERTSON.

BORN 1853.

Mr. Forbes-Robertson, who is the son of the well-known art critic and
historian, Mr. John Forbes-Robertson, was educated at the Charterhouse,
and afterwards at various art schools in France and Germany. Being
intended for an artist, he in due course entered the Royal Academy as a
student, where he proved a most promising pupil, but his great natural
bent towards the stage was too strong to be overcome, and he made his
_debut_ as _Chastelard_ in "Marie Stuart," at the Princess's. He rapidly
made a very high reputation, especially as _Baron Scarpia_ in "La
Tosca," in which he displayed extraordinary passion, power, and
earnestness. At the present time he is appearing in the remarkable
revival of "Diplomacy" at the Garrick.

[Illustration: AGE 12.

_From a Photograph._]

[Illustration: AGE 21.

_From a Photo. by The London Stereo. Co._]

[Illustration: AGE 28.

_From a Photo. by Elliott & Fry._]

[Illustration: PRESENT DAY.

_From a Photo. by Elliott & Fry._]

EDWARD LLOYD.

BORN 1845