Peregrine Cust, MP (1723-1785)
George Romney (Dalton-in-Furness 1734 – Kendal 1802)
Category
Art / Oil paintings
Date
1779 (sittings recorded)
Materials
Oil on canvas
Measurements
1170 x 990 mm
Place of origin
England
Order this imageCollection
Belton House, Lincolnshire
NT 436055
Summary
Oil painting on canvas, Peregrine Cust, MP (1723-1785) by George Romney (Dalton-in-Furness 1734 – Kendal 1802), 1779. Inscribed top left: Peregrine Cust Esqr/Son of Sir Richd. Cust/Romney pinxt. Painted in 1779. A three-quarter length portrait of a mature man, the 4th son of Sir Richard Cust and Anne Brownlow, in a powdered wig, and wearing a brown coat, white embroidered waistcoat and a white cravat. Sittings are recorded in 1779 on May 18, 25, June 1, 7. The diary of May 25 1779 contains the entry: "Received of P Cust £9 4s for 3-qr picture." Peregrine Cust was the son of Sir Richard Cust, 2nd Bt (1680-1734) and Anne Brownlow (1694-1779). He was a London merchant and was MP for Bishop's Castle, 1761-8; Stockton 1768-74, Ilchester 1774-5 and Grantham, 1776-80. He died on 2 January 1785, without issue.
Credit line
Belton House, The Brownlow Collection (acquired with the help of the National Heritage Memorial Fund by the National Trust in 1984)
Marks and inscriptions
Peregrine Cust MP
Makers and roles
George Romney (Dalton-in-Furness 1734 – Kendal 1802), artist