The Strachey family
1 portrait of Pippa Strachey
The Strachey family
by Thomas Fall
albumen print, 1885
9 3/8 in. x 11 3/8 in. (239 mm x 290 mm) image size
Purchased, 1979
Photographs Collection
NPG x13110
Artistback to top
- Thomas Fall (1833-1900), Photographer. Artist or producer associated with 43 portraits.
Sittersback to top
- Dorothy Bussy (née Strachey) (1865-1960), Author and translator. Sitter associated with 34 portraits. Identify
- Elinor Rendel (née Strachey) (1859-1944), Daughter of Sir Richard Strachey; wife of James Rendel. Sitter in 33 portraits. Identify
- Elizabeth Rendel (1883-1923), Granddaughter of Sir Richard Strachey. Sitter in 4 portraits. Identify
- Frances Elinor ('Ellie') Rendel (1885-1942), Physician; National Union of Women's Suffrage Society staff member. Sitter in 4 portraits. Identify
- James Meadows Rendel (1854-1937), Engineer. Sitter in 6 portraits. Identify
- Jane Maria (née Grant), Lady Strachey (1840-1928), Wife of Sir Richard Strachey. Sitter associated with 47 portraits. Identify
- (Giles) Lytton Strachey (1880-1932), Critic and biographer; son of Sir Richard Strachey. Sitter in 144 portraits, Artist or producer associated with 5 portraits. Identify
- Marjorie Strachey (1882-1964), Writer. Sitter in 26 portraits. Identify
- Oliver Strachey (1874-1960), Musician, civil servant and author; cryptographer. Sitter in 49 portraits, Artist or producer associated with 1 portrait. Identify
- (Joan) Pernel Strachey (1876-1951), College head and french scholar. Sitter in 27 portraits. Identify
- Philippa ('Pippa') Strachey (1872-1968), Suffragist. Sitter in 43 portraits. Identify
- Ralph Strachey (1868-1923), Civil engineer in India. Sitter in 26 portraits. Identify
- Sir Richard Strachey (1817-1908), Lieutenant-General, scientist and engineer. Sitter in 32 portraits. Identify
- Richard John Strachey (1862-1935), Colonel. Sitter in 26 portraits. Identify
Events of 1885back to top
Current affairs
Redistribution Act; continues Gladstone's extensive package of electoral reform, although his Liberal government is later defeated when the Irish Nationalists, seeking support for Home Rule, side with the Conservatives over a budget measure. The Marquess of Salisbury is invited to form a 'caretaker' government.Art and science
The Dictionary of National Biography is first published quarterly, under the editorship of Leslie Stephen, and sub-editorship of Sidney Lee. Volume 63 completed the work in 1900. Setting new standards in life writing, the DNB exemplified the form of the brief biography, formalising a style and approach to writing lives, based on Stephen's guiding principles of selection and presentation in 'business-like form'.International
The death of the famous General Charles Gordon sparks outrage in Britain. Sent to the Sudan to evacuate Egyptian forces from Khartoum, threatened by Sudanese rebels under Muhammad Ahmad al-Mahdi, Khartoum quickly came under siege, and Gordon is killed and beheaded two days before the relief force arrived. The British public proclaimed Gordon a martyr, and attacked government, particularly Gladstone, for not relieving British forces earlier.Comments back to top
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