Alice Savile, Lady Cust (1666/7-1712)
attributed to Mrs Pawling (fl. c.1690-c.1700)
Category
Art / Drawings and watercolours
Date
1700 - 1750
Materials
Paper, Pine
Measurements
390 x 330 mm
Place of origin
England
Order this imageCollection
Belton House, Lincolnshire
NT 436052.2
Summary
Pastel on paper, Alice Savile, Lady Cust (1666/7-1712), British (English) School. Half-length portrait of Alice Cust second wife of Sir Pury Cust, turned to the right, gazing at the spectator, wearing a blue dress, white chemise and gold scarf over her left shoulder and across her back. Daughter of William Savile of Newton, and second wife of Sir Pury Cust (1655-1698/9), who first encountered her when buying the estate at Newton, and remained devoted to her. They had only one surviving child, Savile Cockayne Cust (1698-1772) of Cockayne Hatley.
Makers and roles
attributed to Mrs Pawling (fl. c.1690-c.1700), publisher previously catalogued as attributed to British (English) School, publisher