Amelia Sophia Hume, Lady Brownlow (1788-1814)
William Owen, RA (Ludlow 1769 – London 1825)
Category
Art / Oil paintings
Date
1813 (exh at RA)
Materials
Oil on canvas
Measurements
1283 x 1029 mm (50½ x 40½ in)
Place of origin
England
Order this imageCollection
Belton House, Lincolnshire
NT 436172
Summary
Oil painting on canvas, Amelia Sophia Hume, Lady Brownlow (1788-1814) by William Owen, RA (Ludlow 1769 – London 1825), 1813. A three-quarter-length portrait, turned and gazing to the left, in a white dress and red wrap and seated on a terrace. She was the younger daughter of Sir Abraham Hume, 2nd Bt and Lady Amelia Egerton. She was baptised on 11 September 1788 at Wormley, Hertfordshire, England. She married John Cust, later 1st Earl Brownlow, son of Brownlow Cust, 1st Baron Brownlow of Belton and Frances Bankes, on 24 July 1810 at St. George's Church, St. George Street, Hanover Square, London. She died on 21 February 1814 at age 25 She is commemorated by Canova's monument in Belton Church.
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
William Owen, RA (Ludlow 1769 – London 1825), artist