Joseph Hume
(1777-1855), Doctor and politician; MP for Aberdeen Burghs, Middlesex and Montrose BurghsEarly Victorian Portraits Catalogue Entry
Sitter associated with 76 portraits
Before entering Westminster, Hume worked for the East India Company as an officer and a surgeon before returning to Scotland to continue working for the company. During debates on the Reform Bill, Hume suggested extending the franchise to the colonies. Upon the abolition of slavery in the British Empire in 1833 he strongly supported compensation for slave-owners. During this time Hume’s brother-in-law owned property and enslaved people in Trinidad, for which he would receive substantial compensation. This drew criticism in the press towards Hume for putting the wealth of his family above any moral arguments.
Jaffiers Introduction to the Conspirators
by John ('HB') Doyle, printed by Alfred Ducôte, published by Thomas McLean
lithograph, published 10 January 1838
NPG D41446
by John ('HB') Doyle, printed by Alfred Ducôte, published by Thomas McLean
lithograph, published 13 February 1838
NPG D41455
by John ('HB') Doyle, printed by Alfred Ducôte, published by Thomas McLean
lithograph, published 26 May 1838
NPG D41474
by John ('HB') Doyle, printed by Alfred Ducôte, published by Thomas McLean
lithograph, published 30 March 1839
NPG D41518
by John ('HB') Doyle, printed by Alfred Ducôte, published by Thomas McLean
lithograph, published 1 May 1839
NPG D41523
by John ('HB') Doyle, printed by Alfred Ducôte, published by Thomas McLean
lithograph, published 6 July 1839
NPG D41536
by John ('HB') Doyle, printed by Alfred Ducôte, published by Thomas McLean
lithograph, published 26 August 1839
NPG D41544
by William Holl Jr, published by John Saunders, after George Peter Alexander Healy
stipple engraving, published 7 June 1840
NPG D36380
by John ('HB') Doyle, printed by Alfred Ducôte, published by Thomas McLean
lithograph, published 9 April 1840
NPG D41566
by John ('HB') Doyle, printed by Alfred Ducôte, published by Thomas McLean
lithograph, published 9 April 1840
NPG D46357
by William Holl Jr, published by John Saunders, after George Peter Alexander Healy
stipple engraving, published 7 June 1840
NPG D3286
by William Holl Jr, published by John Saunders, after George Peter Alexander Healy
stipple engraving, published 7 June 1840
NPG D3287
by John ('HB') Doyle, published by Thomas McLean, printed by General Lithographic Establishment
lithograph, published 22 March 1841
NPG D41608
by George B. Black, published by Ackermann & Co, after John Jabez Edwin Mayall
lithograph, published 1854
NPG D36381
published by Dean & Son
etching, published 1855
NPG D36382
by Samuel Bellin, published by Henry Graves & Co, after John Lucas
mezzotint, published 1 January 1854
NPG D49839
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