Ursula Cust, Mrs Richard Newton (1684-1757)

attributed to Michael Dahl (Stockholm 1656/9 – London 1743). Oil painting on canvas, Ursula Cust, Mrs Richard Newton (1684-1757) attributed to Michael Dahl. Three-quarter length portrait of a young woman, seated, turned slightly to the right, gazing at the spectator, her left arm leaning on a plinth, brown hair with a tress falling on her right shoulder, wearing a white satin dress, with a loop of pearls at the breast, with a blue wrap over her left shoulder and showing on the seat on the left. Daughter of Sir Pury Cust (1655-1698/9) and Ursula Woodcock, (1659-1683/4) married (c.1722) Richard Newton (d.1737), the Treasurer of the Middle Temple. Belton House, Lincolnshire (Accredited Museum)