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Emmeline Cust

Nina Cust's memorial to Henry John Cockayne Cust in St Peter and St Paul's Church, Belton
Emmeline Mary Elizabeth ('Nina') Cust (née Welby-Gregory) after Violet Manners, Duchess of Rutland lithograph, 1890s
An enamelled portrait by Alexander Fisher, 1898

Emmeline 'Nina' Cust (1867–1955) was an English writer, editor, translator and sculptor.[1] She was a member of The Souls, an upper class circle that challenged the conventions and attitudes of their class in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.[2]

Personal life

Cust was born at Denton Hall to Victoria, Lady Welby, a philosophical writer and Sir William Earle Welby-Gregory, a politician and landowner.[2][3] Her maternal grandmother, Lady Emmeline Stuart-Wortley was a renowned Victorian poet and travel writer.[2]

In 1893, Cust married another member of The Souls, Henry John Cockayne-Cust known as Harry. She supported her husband in much of his work, including correspondence for the Central Committee for National Patriotic Organisations.[2][4] Cust was devoted to her husband, despite a reputedly unhappy marriage that lasted until his death in 1917.[3][5] A detailed look at Nina and Harry, as individuals and as a married couple, can be found in 'Tangled Souls: Love & Scandal among the Victorian Aristocracy' by Jane Dismore (pub. The History Press, 2022).

Cust was a direct neighbour of sculptor Jacob Epstein when they both lived at Hyde Park Gate in London.[1]

Writing and translation

Cust wrote a biography of her mother, Victoria, Lady Welby's first thirty years, entitled 'Wanderers: episodes from the travels of Lady Emmeline Stuart-Wortley and her daughter Victoria, 1849-1855'.[6][7] She also published accounts of her grandmother's travels.[8] Cust contributed shorter pieces to contemporary periodicals including the journal of the English Association.[9]

Virginia Woolf is known to have reviewed at least one of Cust's published books, probably 'Gentleman Errant'.[10]

Cust's translation of 'Semantics; studies in the science of meaning' by Michel Jules Alfred Bréal presented the text's first appearance in English.[1]

Other published works include

Artwork

Cust may have attended the Académie Julian in Paris, although it is unclear which art forms she trained in.[15] It is also possible that she studied sculpture in London.[3]

Cust exhibited her sculpture at the Royal Academy in 1906 showing a bust of her niece and in 1927, part of a model of her husband.[1][2] She exhibited both in the United Kingdom and abroad, with works shown in Manchester, Liverpool, Birmingham and Paris.[3]

In 1884, Cust was the subject of a portrait bust by Alfred Gilbert.[1][16] Alexander Fisher produced an enamelled portrait of Cust in 1898.[17]

Works held in collections

Cust's sculpture is represented in British collections including the following works,

References

  1. ^ a b c d e "Emmeline Mary E. Cust - Mapping the Practice and Profession of Sculpture in Britain and Ireland 1851-1951". sculpture.gla.ac.uk. Archived from the original on 21 June 2019. Retrieved 6 December 2019.
  2. ^ a b c d e "Emmeline 'Nina' Cust: Artist, Poet, Lover". National Trust. Retrieved 6 December 2019.
  3. ^ a b c d Sara Gray. The Dictionary of British Women Artists. ISBN 978-1-78684-235-0. OCLC 980217899.
  4. ^ Marshall, Alfred, 1842-1924. (1996). The correspondence of Alfred Marshall, economist. Whitaker, John K. (John King), Royal Economic Society (Great Britain). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. ISBN 0-521-55888-3. OCLC 32168269.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  5. ^ a b Rylance-Watson, Alice (21 April 2021). "The Great British Art Tour: from a ceiling alcove, an artist's quiet gaze". The Guardian. Retrieved 20 October 2022.
  6. ^ Welby, Victoria, Lady, 1837-1912. (1985). Significs and language : the articulate form of our expressive and interpretive resources. Schmitz, H. Walter. Amsterdam: J. Benjamins Pub. Co. ISBN 978-90-272-7972-9. OCLC 773039609.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  7. ^ Cust, Nina; Stuart-Wortley, Emmeline; Welby-Gregory, Victoria Alexandrina Maria Louisa Stuart-Wortley (1928). Wanderers: episodes from the travels of Lady Emmeline Stuart-Wortley and her daughter Victoria, 1849-1855. New York: Coward-McCann. OCLC 4263426.
  8. ^ "Violet Manners: aristocrat and portraitist to 'The Souls' | Art UK". artuk.org. Retrieved 6 December 2019.
  9. ^ Cust, Nina (1 March 1945). "O TIME! O LOVE!". English: Journal of the English Association. 5 (28): 117–c–117. doi:10.1093/english/5.28.117-c. ISSN 0013-8215.
  10. ^ Weintraub, Stanley (8 March 1987). "MISS STEPHEN REVIEWS". Washington Post. ISSN 0190-8286. Retrieved 9 December 2019.
  11. ^ Cust, Nina (1909). Gentlemen errant: being the journeys and adventures of four noblemen in Europe during the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries. London: John Murray. OCLC 2030246.
  12. ^ Cust, Nina (1944). Not all the suns; poems, 1917-1944. London: Nicholson & Watson. OCLC 3012923.
  13. ^ Cust, Nina. A tub of gold fishes. London: James Bain. OCLC 11064415.
  14. ^ Cust, Nina (1932). Dilectissimo. London: Macmillan and Co. OCLC 10008576.
  15. ^ "Nina Cust". National Trust. Retrieved 6 December 2019.
  16. ^ "Nina Cust by Sir Alfred Gilbert". victorianweb.org. Archived from the original on 21 June 2019. Retrieved 9 December 2019.
  17. ^ "Emmeline 'Nina' Mary Elizabeth Welby-Gregory, Mrs Henry John Cockayne-Cust (1867-1955) 435439". nationaltrustcollections.org.uk. Retrieved 9 December 2019.[permanent dead link]

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