Lytton Strachey

Sitterback to top

• (Giles) Lytton Strachey (1880-1932), Critic and biographer; son of Sir Richard Strachey. Sitter associated with 134 portraits, Artist associated with 3 portraits.

Artistback to top

• Dora Carrington (1893-1932), Artist. Artist associated with 9 portraits, Sitter associated with 15 portraits.

This portraitback to top

This drawing is a study for Carrington's profile portrait of Lytton Strachey. Strachey was portrayed by many of the painters with whom he formed relationships - among them Grant, Lamb, Vanessa Bell and Carrington. Arguably though, Carrington's portrait and Lamb's are the most celebrated. Carrington depicts Strachey's characteristic, mature appearance: tall and thin (suggested in the painting by the depiction of an attenuated hand) with a full, Victorian beard. The study and the related painting were made in 1916, around the time that Strachey and Carrington first met. They lived together until Strachey's death

Linked displays and exhibitionsback to top

• Life lines: Recently acquired 20th Century drawings (31 October 2009 - 25 April 2010)
• Portraits on paper (29 July 2006 - 3 December 2006)

Subjects & Themesback to top

• Eyeglasses and spectacles
• In profile