HALS, FRANS

(c. 1580-1666), Dutch artist; famed for portraits and genre subjects, in the latter of which he is one of the greatest of Dutch masters. He was particularly succe ful in dealing with scenes of carousal, depicting laughter, etc. (eg. The Laughing Cavalier). Fine examples of his work are in the galleries of Amsterdam and Haarlem. He was notorious for his drunken and disorderly life. His b., Dirk H., and his s., Frans H., the Younger, were also artists of distinction. A ait ttc ca Ne Nh i | Brit. Conservative statesman; Lord cr. Baron H., 1885; Earl, 1898; formerly held large criminal practice; was engaged in Tichborne trial; gave judgment in House of Lords 1904 in the appeal of Scot. Free Church against the Scot..U F. Church; led extreme ‘Die-Hard’ party in Lords against Parliament Bill.