Beryl de Zoete
2 of 2 portraits of Beryl de Zoete
© National Portrait Gallery, London
Beryl de Zoete
by Ray Strachey
oil on board, circa 1922-1926
19 1/4 in. x 12 1/4 in. (489 mm x 311 mm)
Given by Barbara Strachey (Hultin, later Halpern), 1999
Reference Collection
NPG D258
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- Rachel Pearsall Conn ('Ray') Strachey (née Costelloe) (1887-1940), Feminist activist, artist and writer. Artist or producer associated with 99 portraits, Sitter associated with 64 portraits.
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Robert B. Todd
12 June 2020, 16:13
For what it's worth, I would note that Ray Strachey had from 1922-26 a pied a terre at 42 Gordon Square (used mainly by her husband Oliver) at a time when Arthur Waley, whose partner Beryl was (although she had a flat at 43 Russell Square), lived at 36 Gordon Square. So it is likely that this portrait was painted while artist and subject had a locale in common.