10 OF 29

The Strachey family

10 of 29 portraits of Oliver Strachey

The Strachey family

by Graystone Bird
albumen print on the photographer's printed mount, circa 1893
7 7/8 in. x 9 1/2 in. (199 mm x 241 mm)
Purchased, 1979
Photographs Collection
NPG x13122

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Artistback to top

Graystone Bird (1862-1943), Photographer. Artist of 8 portraits.

Sittersback to top

Dorothy Bussy (née Strachey) (1865-1960), Author and translator. Sitter associated with 31 portraits.
Elinor Rendel (née Strachey) (1859-1944), Daughter of Sir Richard Strachey; wife of James Rendel. Sitter in 32 portraits.
James Beaumont Strachey (1887-1967), Psychoanalyst and translator. Sitter in 43 portraits, Artist associated with 5 portraits.
Jane Maria (née Grant), Lady Strachey (1840-1928), Wife of Sir Richard Strachey. Sitter associated with 42 portraits.
(Giles) Lytton Strachey (1880-1932), Critic and biographer; son of Sir Richard Strachey. Sitter associated with 134 portraits, Artist associated with 3 portraits.
Marjorie Strachey (1882-1962), Writer. Sitter in 19 portraits.
Oliver Strachey (1874-1960), Musician, civil servant and author. Sitter in 29 portraits, Artist associated with 1 portrait.
(Joan) Pernel Strachey (1876-1951), College head and french scholar. Sitter in 22 portraits.
Philippa ('Pippa') Strachey (1872-1968), Suffragist. Sitter in 32 portraits.
Ralph Strachey (1868-1923), Civil engineer in India. Sitter in 23 portraits.
Sir Richard Strachey (1817-1908), Lieutenant-General, scientist and engineer. Sitter in 31 portraits.
Richard John Strachey (1862-1935), Colonel. Sitter in 25 portraits.

Linked publicationsback to top

Hamilton, Peter; Hargreaves, Roger, The Beautiful and the Damned: The Creation of Identity in Nineteenth Century Portrait Photography, 2001 (accompanying the exhibition at the National Portrait Gallery from 6 June to 7 October 2001), p. 26
Rogers, Malcolm, Camera Portraits, 1989 (accompanying the exhibition at the National Portrait Gallery from 20 October 1989 - 21 January 1990), p. 139
Spalding, Frances, Insights: The Bloomsbury Group, 2005, p. 93