Jane Maria Grant, Lady Strachey, 1840 - 1928. Writer
About this artwork
Jane Maria Strachey was born on board the 'Earl of Hardwick' off the Cape of Good Hope on 13 March 1840. Considerably younger than her husband, her father's secretary Sir Richard Strachey, she became his second wife in 1859. A tall and impressive looking woman, she designed her own, slightly unconventional clothes. Her household was always busy with scientific, artistic, and politically active friends, and her ten surviving children. Lady Strachey was a passionate feminist and a great lover of literature. She was very ambitious for her children and encouraged them to read widely, to write, and to act. This rather sombre portrait was painted by Dora Carrington, who had a relationship with Lady Strachey's son, the writer Lytton Strachey.
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artist:Dora Carrington (1893 - 1932) English
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title:Jane Maria Grant, Lady Strachey, 1840 - 1928. Writer
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date created:1920
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materials:Oil on canvas
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measurements:76.20 x 61.00 cm; Framed: 88.80 x 70.80 x 6.10 cm
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credit line:Given by Mrs James Strachey 1969
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accession number:PG 2169
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artwork photographed by:Antonia Reeve
Dora Carrington
Dora Carrington
Born in Hereford, Dora Carrington studied painting at the Slade School of Art where she became a close friend of fellow student Mark Gertler. At the age of 22 she met essayist and biographer Lytton Strachey, with whom she lived from 1917 onwards. Their relationship developed in spite of Strachey's...