Joseph Hume
(1777-1855), Doctor and politician; MP for Aberdeen Burghs, Middlesex and Montrose BurghsEarly Victorian Portraits Catalogue Entry
Sitter associated with 75 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.
by Charles Blair Leighton
chalk, 1849-1850
NPG 1098
by John Whitehead Walton
oil on canvas, 1854
NPG 713
attributed to Theodore Lane, published by George Humphrey
etching, published 30 April 1821
NPG D17908
by Thomas Hodgetts, published by and after John Graham Gilbert
mezzotint, published 1 June 1823
NPG D36379
Diogenese in Search of an Honest Ministry
by Henry Heath, published by Thomas McLean
hand-coloured etching, published 30 April 1827
NPG D46030
by Charles Williams, published by Samuel Knight (Knights)
hand-coloured etching, published 3 May 1827
NPG D48691
A Political Ruse "Ye Bankes & Braes"
by John ('HB') Doyle, published by Thomas McLean
lithograph, published 17 February 1830
NPG D40983
by John ('HB') Doyle, printed by Charles Etienne Pierre Motte, published by Thomas McLean
lithograph, published 9 September 1830
NPG D41017
Retaliation (Sir Robert Peel, 2nd Bt; Alexander Baring, 1st Baron Ashburton; Joseph Hume)
by John ('HB') Doyle, published by Thomas McLean
lithograph, published 17 November 1830
NPG D41025
Leap Frog on a Level. or Going Headlong to the Devil - Pl. 2
by John ('HB') Doyle, printed by Charles Etienne Pierre Motte, published by Thomas McLean
lithograph, published 6 May 1831
NPG D41061
by John ('HB') Doyle, published by Thomas McLean
lithograph, published 13 May 1831
NPG D41063
by John ('HB') Doyle, published by Thomas McLean
lithograph, published 18 July 1831
NPG D41077
Three Great Pillars of Government. or A Walk from White Conduit House to St Stephens
by John ('HB') Doyle, published by Thomas McLean
lithograph, published 23 July 1831
NPG D41078
The Breaking Up of the Half Crown-ation
by John ('HB') Doyle, printed by Charles Etienne Pierre Motte, published by Thomas McLean
lithograph, published 23 September 1831
NPG D41091
by John ('HB') Doyle, published by Thomas McLean
lithograph, published 6 December 1831
NPG D41104
A Memento of the Great Public Question of Reform
by Unknown artist
aquatint, published 1832
NPG D10854
This is not Mr Liston in the Character of Maw-worm
by John ('HB') Doyle, printed by Alfred Ducôte, published by Thomas McLean
lithograph, published 4 February 1832
NPG D41113
Coroners Inquest Upon the Body of the Late Administration
by John ('HB') Doyle, printed by Alfred Ducôte, published by Thomas McLean
lithograph, published 15 May 1832
NPG D41132
by John ('HB') Doyle, printed by Alfred Ducôte, published by Thomas McLean
lithograph, published 28 June 1832
NPG D41144
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