Dorothy Hepworth (left), with Preece, Spencer and Jas Wood (right) at the wedding of Preece and Spencer, 1937
Dorothy Mary Hepworth (30 September 1894 – 8 September 1978) was a British painter and the life partner of Patricia Preece.[1] Hepworth signed Preece's name to many of her own paintings, even after Preece's death.