Emmeline 'Nina' Cust was an English writer, editor, translator and sculptor.
13 Facts About Emmeline Cust
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Emmeline Cust 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.
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Emmeline Cust's maternal grandmother, Lady Emmeline Stuart-Wortley was a renowned Victorian poet and travel writer.
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In 1893, Emmeline Cust married another member of The Souls, Henry John Cockayne-Emmeline Cust known as Harry.
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Emmeline Cust supported her husband in much of his work, including correspondence for the Central Committee for National Patriotic Organisations.
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Emmeline Cust was devoted to her husband, despite a reputedly unhappy marriage that lasted until his death in 1917.
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Emmeline Cust was a direct neighbour of sculptor Jacob Epstein when they both lived at Hyde Park Gate in London.
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Emmeline Cust contributed shorter pieces to contemporary periodicals including the journal of the English Association.
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Virginia Woolf is known to have reviewed at least one of Emmeline Cust's published books, probably 'Gentleman Errant'.
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Emmeline 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.
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Emmeline Cust exhibited both in the United Kingdom and abroad, with works shown in Manchester, Liverpool, Birmingham and Paris.
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In 1884, Emmeline Cust was the subject of a portrait bust by Alfred Gilbert.
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Emmeline Cust's sculpture is represented in British collections including the following works,.