Beatrice Pury, Lady Cust (1623-1715)
British (English) School
Category
Art / Oil paintings
Date
1630 - 1669
Materials
Oil on canvas
Measurements
970 x 730 mm
Order this imageCollection
Belton House, Lincolnshire
NT 436118
Summary
Oil painting on canvas, Beatrice Pury, Lady Cust (1623-1715), British (English) School, mid-17th century. A painted ova half-length portrait of a young woman, turned slightly to the left, gazing at the spectator, wearing a blue dress and pearl necklace. She was the heiress of the Purys of Kirton, was the daughter of William Pury and Elizabeth Millett. She married Sir Richard Cust, 1st Bt (1622-1700), son of Samuel Cust and Ann Burrell, on 29 December 1644. She was buried on 7 April 1715 at St George's Church, Stamford, Lincolnshire.
Provenance
Purchased with a grant from the National Heritage Memorial Fund (NHMF) from Edward John Peregrine Cust, 7th Baron Brownlow, C. St J. (b.1936) in 1984
Credit line
Belton House, The Brownlow Collection (acquired with the help of the National Heritage Memorial Fund by the National Trust in 1984)
Makers and roles
British (English) School, artist