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Letter from Vanessa Bell to Duncan Grant

Vanessa Bell, recipient: Duncan Grant

Letter from Vanessa Bell to Duncan Grant

[20 September 1928]

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Created by: 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

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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