The Very Reverend Dr Richard Cust (1728-1783) Dean of Lincoln
British (English) School
Category
Art / Miniatures
Date
circa 1780
Materials
Canvas
Measurements
80 x 60 mm
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Belton House, Lincolnshire
NT 435976
Summary
Portrait miniature, watercolour on ivory, The Very Reverend Dr Richard Cust (1728-1783) Dean of Lincoln by British (English) School, c.1780. Three-quarter-length portrait of a man seated to the right, gazing at the spectator, seated in a blue upholstered chair, holding a bookin his right hand and quill in his left hand, wearing a surplice and a black cap. A view of Lincoln Cathedral is seen to the right. The Reverend Richard Cust, was the youngest son of Sir Richard Cust, 2nd Bt. (1680-1734) and Anne Brownlow (1694-1779); married Mary Harris (d.1791), daughter of George Harris, in 1767. He was rector of Belton in 1770, Canon of Christ Church, Oxford, 1765. He was Chaplain of the House of Commons; Dean of Lincoln and Dean of Rochester in 1779 He died in October 1783, without issue.
Makers and roles
British (English) School, artist