Dora de Houghton Carrington (March 29, 1893 – March 11, 1932), known generally as Carrington, was a British painter and decorative artist, remembered in part for her association with members of the Bloomsbury Group. For many years, Carrington’s art was neglected by the public and her main notoriety was due to her relationship with the homosexual writer Lytton Strachey. On the day she agreed to marry Ralph Partridge she wrote to Strachey, who was in Italy, what has been described as one of the most moving love letters in the English language. She wrote: "I cried last night Lytton, whilst he slept by my side sleeping happily — I cried to think of a savage cynical fate which had made it impossible for my love ever to be used by you." Strachey wrote back: "You do know very well that I love you as something more than a friend, you angelic creature, whose goodness to me has made me happy for years, and whose presence in my life has been and always will be, one of the most important things in my life." gandalfsgarden.blogspot.com/2011/09/dora-carrington-portr...