Sir Richard Cust, 2nd Bt of Pinchbeck (1680-1734) as a Boy
British (English) School
Category
Art / Oil paintings
Date
circa 1690
Materials
Oil on canvas
Measurements
1200 x 1000 mm
Place of origin
England
Order this imageCollection
Belton House, Lincolnshire
NT 436141
Summary
Oil painting on canvas, Sir Richard Cust, 2nd Baronet Cust of Stamford (1680-1734) as a Boy, British (English) School, circa 1690. A full-length portrait of a young boy, in pink classical costume, holding a bow and arrow with two hunting dogs beside him. Scarlet drapes with gold frings on the right, distant horizon with landscape on the left. He was the son of Sir Pury Cust (1655-1698/9) and Ursula Woodcock (1659-1683/4). In 1717 he married the future heiress of Belton, Anne Brownlow (1694-1779), daughter of Sir William Brownlow, 4th Bt (1665-1702) and Dorothy Mason (c.1655-1699/1700). He succeeded to the title of 2nd Baronet Cust, of Stamford on 30 August 1700. He was Sheriff of Lincolnshire in 1721. His son Sir John Cust (1718-1770), 3rd Baronet, became Speaker of the House of Commons. He died on 25 July 1734 at age 53. He was buried at St. George's Church, Stamford.
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 previously catalogued as attributed to Sir Godfrey Kneller (Lübeck 1646 - London 1723), artist