Background
He was born in Hafton, Argyll a son of Lieutenant
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Vereker Monteith Hamilton
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However, he chose a career in art instead, following several years in Ceylon from 1873 to 1883 where he grew coffee.
Career
He exhibited at the Royal Academy from 1886 onwards and at the Paris Salon, Glasgow and at the Grosvenor Gallery. He traveled to India in 1886 and spent a good deal of time there visiting Simla and Kashmir. In late 1893 he was living in Kilberry, Tarbert, Argyllshire.
Hamilton"s military works focused primarily on contemporary events such as Piper Findlater at Dargai and the Tirah campaigns.
He exhibited two paintings of the latter campaign entitled Missing and Afridis. His painting of Peiwar Kotal was inspired by a conversation with Sir Lord Roberts who encouraged Hamilton to paint the scene.
Another picture from the Second Afghan War depicted The 92nd at Kandahar, but he considered it a "shocking bit of work", and after its exhibition at the Royal Academy, repainted it with a number of new figures. lieutenant was exhibited again under its new title Macpherson"s Brigade at Kandahar.
In 1899, he returned to the subject with his Royal Academy piece Sniping the rear guard.
During the First World War, the artist who was a conscientious objector served with the British Red Cross. Hamilton published an autobiography in 1925 entitled Things that Happened.
