A’Beckett (E.) Hamilton Hume {1881} SLV [PA]

A’Beckett, Edward (1844-1922; Australian)
Hamilton Hume 1881
Oil on canvas, 140 x 110 cm (sight; framed)
Presented by Miss Mary Hume Barbour, 1881; transferred from the NGV to the SLV, 1951
State Library of Victoria (H141880)

Hume (1797-1873), born near Parramatta, showed an early taste for exploring. In 1824, he and William Hovell led an expedition to south-eastern Australia, reaching Corio Bay, and in 1828 he joined Sturt’s first trip into the interior; later, he became a successful pastoralist at Yass.

For A’Beckett, refer artist entry; and for Hovell, see * Summers (Charles) Captain W.H.Hovell {1871} Loc? [SC].

Refs.

AR 1881, p.55; NGV 1894, p.125 (V.Buvelot Gallery, 8^thbay, no.7); NGV 1905, p.146 (V.Buvelot Gallery, 7^th bay, no.11) 

The SLV catalogue notes the transfer of this work from the NGV in 1951. For Hamilton Hume, see the biography by Stuart Hume, in ADB vol.1 (1966): http://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/hume-hamilton-2211