Emmeline Cust

Emmeline Cust
Cust in the 1890s; photo by Cyril Flower
Born
Emmeline Mary Elizabeth Welby

(1867-08-05)5 August 1867
Denton, Lincolnshire
Died29 September 1955(1955-09-29) (aged 88)
SpouseHarry Cust
Parent(s)Sir William Earle Welby-Gregory
Victoria Stuart-Wortley
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]

  1. ^ "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. ^ "Emmeline 'Nina' Cust: Artist, Poet, Lover". National Trust. Retrieved 6 December 2019.