Museum number
A11
Object
Oil Painting: Catherine Cussans (1753–1834) by John Hoppner (1758–1810), c.1790
Description
A lady seated three-quarter length on rocks in a wood. Her right elbow leans on skirts spread over rock, left arm down by her side; face turned half-profile to right. Dressed in simple high-waisted gown with narrow blue sash. Powdered hair tied with broad white bandeau, curled at front with long curls hanging down. Background of birches; mountainous landscape visible through trees to right. In a large carved and gilded frame.
Materials
Oil
Inscription
not checked
On display?
Yes

Further description

Simple name
Painting
Subject
Portrait
Dimensions
framed: 11.5cm (d) x 152cm (h) x 128cm (w)
regular: 119.4cm (h) x 97.8cm (w)
Catherine Cussans (1753–1834) John Hoppner (1758–1810) Oil on canvas, about 1790 Catherine Holburne married Thomas Cussans, a sugar plantation owner from Jamaica, from whom she inherited an annuity secured on his Caribbean estate and its enslaved people. She was the daughter of Admiral Holburne and the younger sister of Francis Holburne, father of this Museum’s founder Sir William Holburne. Catherine left her estate to her nephews and nieces, including William, and when the last died the residue came to the Museum’s trustees enabling them to buy the old Sydney Hotel. The artist Hoppner was one of finest and most fashionable portrait painters in Regency England. A11

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