f a true poetic gift. Lord Houghton, who served as a
Lord-in-Waiting in Mr. Gladstone's Government of 1886, is a rich man and
the reputed heir of Lord Crewe; he has studied and travelled, and has
taken some share, though hitherto not a very prominent one, in politics.
He is a widower, and his sister presides over his establishment.

JOHN PETTIE, R.A.

BORN 1839.

[Illustration: AGE 16. _From a Sketch in Crayons by Himself._]

[Illustration: AGE 30. _From a Photo. by G. W. Wilson, Aberdeen._]

[Illustration: AGE 40. _From a Photo. by Fredelle & Marshall._]

[Illustration: PRESENT DAY. _From a Photo. by Raymond Lynde._]

Mr. John Pettie was born in Edinburgh, and exhibited his earliest works
in the Royal Scottish Academy. He came to London at the age of
twenty-three, and at the age of twenty-seven was elected an A.R.A. His
election to the distinction of R.A. took place when he was thirty-four,
in the place of Sir Edwin Landseer. Mr. Pettie's portraits and
historical pictures are within the knowledge of every reader--his
armour, carbines, lances, broadswords, and pistols are well-known
features in every year's Academy--for his subjects are chiefly scenes of
battle and of military life. His first picture hung in the Royal Academy
was "The Armourers," He has also painted many subjects from
Shakespeare's works; his "Scene in the Temple Gardens" being one of his
most popular productions. "The Death Warrant" represents an episode in
the career of the consumptive little son of Henry VIII. and Jane
Seymour. In "Two Strings to His Bow," Mr. Pettie showed a considerable
sense of humour.

THE DUCHESS OF TECK.

[Illustration: AGE 6. _From a Painting._]

[Illustration: AGE 7 _From a Drawing by James R. Swinton._]

[Illustration: AGE 17. _From a Painting by A. Winterhalter._]

[Illustration: AGE 40. _From a Painting._]

[Illustration: PRESENT DAY. _From a Photo. by Russell & Sons._]

Princess Mary Adelaide, daughter of H.R.H. Prince Adolphus Frederick,
Duke of Cambridge, the seventh son of His Majesty King George III.,
married on June 12th, 1866, H.S.H. the Duke of Teck, whose portrait at
different ages we have the pleasure of presenting on the opposite page.
The Duchess of Teck and her daughter Princess Victoria are well known
and esteemed far beyond their own circle of society for their interest
in works of charity and the genuine kindness of heart, which render them
ever ready to enter into schemes of benevolen