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- Vanessa Bell 1879–1961
- Recipient
- Duncan Grant 1885–1978
- Title
- Letter from Vanessa Bell to Duncan Grant
- Date
- [20 September 1928]
- Description
- Letter from Vanessa Bell, Charleston, Firle, East Sussex, to Duncan Grant, originally forwarding a letter from Freddie Mayor. She reports on family and visits, and Roger Fry's suggestion that they visit Brantôme with him instead of going to Cassis. She is also working on a self-portrait. Also mentions Angelica, Clive, Julian and Quentin Bell, May Dickinson, Louie Dunnet, Margery Fry, James Holland, Rachel (Rachel MacCarthy?), and Margery Snowden.
- Format
- Document - correspondence
- Collection
- Tate Archive
- Acquisition
- Presented to Tate Archive by Henrietta Garnett, May 2007.
- Reference
- TGA 20078/1/44/156
Archive context
- Personal papers of Duncan Grant TGA 20078 (234)
- Correspondence TGA 20078/1 (234)
- Letters from Vanessa Bell to Duncan Grant TGA 20078/1/44 (234)
- Letter from Vanessa Bell to Duncan Grant TGA 20078/1/44/156
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