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Bloomsbury Group and Strachey family portraits by Ray Strachey, oil on board, 1920s-30s


61 Portraits in set

61 portraits of Bloomsbury figures and members of the Strachey family, painted in oil on board by amateur artist Ray Strachey (sister-in-law of Lytton Strachey). The collection includes a number of self-portraits. Strachey started to paint her family and friends after she was given a box of oil paints at the age of forty. Given by the artist’s daughter Barbara Halpern, 1989

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Vanessa Bell, by Ray Strachey - NPG D204

Vanessa Bell

by Ray Strachey
oil on board, 1920s?
NPG D204

Beryl de Zoete, by Ray Strachey - NPG D258

Beryl de Zoete

by Ray Strachey
oil on board, circa 1922-1926
NPG D258

Christopher Strachey, by Ray Strachey - NPG D234

Christopher Strachey

by Ray Strachey
oil on board, 1923
NPG D234

Alda von Anrep, by Ray Strachey - NPG D201

Alda von Anrep

by Ray Strachey
oil on board, 1925-1937
NPG D201

Sir (Arthur) Leigh Bolland Ashton, by Ray Strachey - NPG D202

Sir (Arthur) Leigh Bolland Ashton

by Ray Strachey
oil on board, 1925-1937
NPG D202

Bernard Berenson, by Ray Strachey - NPG D205

Bernard Berenson

by Ray Strachey
oil on board, 1925-1937
NPG D205

Mary Berenson (née Smith), by Ray Strachey - NPG D206

Mary Berenson (née Smith)

by Ray Strachey
oil on board, 1925-1937
NPG D206

Blanche Athena Clough, by Ray Strachey - NPG D212

Blanche Athena Clough

by Ray Strachey
oil on board, 1925-1937
NPG D212

Blanche Athena Clough, by Ray Strachey - NPG D213

Blanche Athena Clough

by Ray Strachey
oil on board, 1925-1937
NPG D213

Nando Della Stuta, by Ray Strachey - NPG D214

Nando Della Stuta

by Ray Strachey
oil on board, 1925-1937
NPG D214

Wolf Halpern, by Ray Strachey - NPG D216

Wolf Halpern

by Ray Strachey
oil on board, 1925-1937
NPG D216

Elisabetta ('Nicky') Mariano, by Ray Strachey - NPG D218

Elisabetta ('Nicky') Mariano

by Ray Strachey
oil on board, 1925-1937
NPG D218

Carlo Placci, by Ray Strachey - NPG D219

Carlo Placci

by Ray Strachey
oil on board, 1925-1937
NPG D219

Philip Charles Thomson Ritchie, by Ray Strachey - NPG D220

Philip Charles Thomson Ritchie

by Ray Strachey
oil on board, 1925-1927
NPG D220

Philip Charles Thomson Ritchie, by Ray Strachey - NPG D221

Philip Charles Thomson Ritchie

by Ray Strachey
oil on board, 1925-1927
NPG D221

Alys Whitall Russell (née Pearsall Smith), by Ray Strachey - NPG D222

Alys Whitall Russell (née Pearsall Smith)

by Ray Strachey
oil on board, 1925-1937
NPG D222

Alys Whitall Russell (née Pearsall Smith), by Ray Strachey - NPG D223

Alys Whitall Russell (née Pearsall Smith)

by Ray Strachey
oil on board, 1925-1937
NPG D223

Karin Stephen, by Ray Strachey - NPG D229

Karin Stephen

by Ray Strachey
oil on board, 1925-1937
NPG D229

Mary Danvers Stocks (née Brinton), Baroness Stocks, by Ray Strachey - NPG D231

Mary Danvers Stocks (née Brinton), Baroness Stocks

by Ray Strachey
oil on board, 1925-1937
NPG D231

Julia Frances Strachey, by Ray Strachey - NPG D235

Julia Frances Strachey

by Ray Strachey
oil on board, 1925-1937
NPG D235

Lytton Strachey, by Ray Strachey - NPG D236

Lytton Strachey

by Ray Strachey
oil on board, circa 1925-1930
NPG D236

Oliver Strachey, by Ray Strachey - NPG D237

Oliver Strachey

by Ray Strachey
oil on board, circa 1925
NPG D237

Ray Strachey, by Ray Strachey - NPG D241

Ray Strachey

by Ray Strachey
oil on board, circa 1925
NPG D241

Unknown woman formerly catalogued as Ray Strachey, by Ray Strachey - NPG D245

Unknown woman formerly catalogued as Ray Strachey

by Ray Strachey
oil on board, 1925-1930
NPG D245

Ray Strachey, by Ray Strachey - NPG D247

Ray Strachey

by Ray Strachey
oil on board, 1925-1930
NPG D247

Stephen Tomlin, by Ray Strachey - NPG D251

Stephen Tomlin

by Ray Strachey
oil on board, 1925-1937
NPG D251

Arthur David Waley, by Ray Strachey - NPG D252

Arthur David Waley

by Ray Strachey
oil on board, 1925-1937
NPG D252

Arthur David Waley, by Ray Strachey - NPG D253

Arthur David Waley

by Ray Strachey
oil on board, 1925-1937
NPG D253

Arthur David Waley, by Ray Strachey - NPG D254

Arthur David Waley

by Ray Strachey
oil on board, 1925-1937
NPG D254

(Mary) Grace Worthington (née Thomas), by Ray Strachey - NPG D257

(Mary) Grace Worthington (née Thomas)

by Ray Strachey
oil on board, 1925-1937
NPG D257

Unknown woman, by Ray Strachey - NPG D260

Unknown woman

by Ray Strachey
oil on board, 1925-1937
NPG D260

Unknown woman, by Ray Strachey - NPG D259

Unknown woman

by Ray Strachey
oil on board, 1925-1937
NPG D259

Unknown woman, by Ray Strachey - NPG D261

Unknown woman

by Ray Strachey
oil on board, 1925-1937
NPG D261

(Karin) Judith Henderson (née Stephen), by Ray Strachey - NPG D228

(Karin) Judith Henderson (née Stephen)

by Ray Strachey
oil on board, circa 1926
NPG D228

Barbara Strachey, by Ray Strachey - NPG D233

Barbara Strachey

by Ray Strachey
oil on board, circa 1926
NPG D233

Ray Strachey, by Ray Strachey - NPG D240

Ray Strachey

by Ray Strachey
oil on board, circa 1926
On display in Room 29 on Floor 1 at the National Portrait Gallery
NPG D240

Geoffrey Fairbank Webb, by Ray Strachey - NPG D255

Geoffrey Fairbank Webb

by Ray Strachey
oil on board, circa 1926
NPG D255

Barbara Bagenal (née Hiles), by Ray Strachey - NPG D203

Barbara Bagenal (née Hiles)

by Ray Strachey
oil on board, late 1920s or early 1930s
NPG D203

Dorothy Bussy (née Strachey), by Ray Strachey - NPG D207

Dorothy Bussy (née Strachey)

by Ray Strachey
oil on board, late 1920s or early 1930s
NPG D207

Janie Bussy, by Ray Strachey - NPG D209

Janie Bussy

by Ray Strachey
oil on board, late 1920s or early 1930s
NPG D209