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Joseph Hume
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Published 2020-04-08T10:06:12+00:00
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Marble bust of the radical politician Joseph Hume: Scottish, Edinburgh, by Alexander Handyside Ritchie, dated 1830.
The politician Joseph Hume (1777-1855) entered Parliament as a Tory in 1812. By 1830 he had become a radical who championed universal suffrage and religious freedom. Hume represented his birthplace, Montrose, in parliament from 1842 until his death. Ritchie’s bust shows him in the fashionable style of a classical hero.
View this object (A.1975.233) in the Decorative and Applied Art Collection of National Museums Scotland.
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Date published | 08/04/2020 |
Complexity | Medium |
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Title | Joseph Hume |
Date | 1830 |
Accession | A.1975.233 |
Medium | Marble |
Credit | Image © National Museums Scotland |
Record | https://www.nms.ac.uk/explore-our-collections/collection-search-results/?item_id=398734 |
Artist | Alexander Handyside Ritchie |
Place | The National Museum of Scotland |
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