Vanessa Bell, recipient: Duncan Grant

Letter from Vanessa Bell to Duncan Grant

[31 December 1927]

Page 2

Created by
Vanessa Bell 1879–1961
Recipient
Duncan Grant 1885–1978
Date
[31 December 1927]
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Created by
Vanessa Bell 1879–1961
Recipient
Duncan Grant 1885–1978
Title
Letter from Vanessa Bell to Duncan Grant
Date
[31 December 1927]
Description
Letter from Vanessa Bell, Charleston, Firle, East Sussex, to Duncan Grant, on New Year's Eve. She describes several domestic accidents of the previous night - Angelica's nosebleed, Grace Germany's hand injury while sawing wood; painting a portrait of Grant, while Quentin paints a still life; and looking at old photographs, including a 1902 portrait of her by George Charles Beresford. Also mentions Angelica Bell, Douglas Davidson, Louie Dunnet, Roger Fry, Peter Morris, Julia Stephen, and Virginia Woolf.
Format
Document - correspondence
Collection
Tate Archive
Acquisition
Presented to Tate Archive by Henrietta Garnett, May 2007.
Reference
TGA 20078/1/44/151
Bloomsbury London Artists’ Association London Group Post-impressionism

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