Snapshot of Lytton Strachey sitting with his legs crossed in a deckchair, wearing a hat and with a dark shawl over his shoulders. He looks down to the left at a book he holds in his hands. To the right sits Dora Carrington, looking down at a book resting on her knees. In the foreground to the right sits Barbara Bagenal, looking down to the left and smiling. They are sitting by the stone and brick wall of a building, with a small window above their heads.