Vanessa Bell, recipient: Duncan Grant

Letter from Vanessa Bell to Duncan Grant

[c.9 May 1933]

Duncan Grant, ‘Page 1’ [c.9 May 1933] — © The estate of Vanessa Bell courtesy of Henrietta Garnett

License this image

In Tate Britain

Library and Archive Reading Rooms

View by appointment

Created by: Vanessa Bell 1879–1961
Recipient: Duncan Grant 1885–1978
Title: Letter from Vanessa Bell to Duncan Grant
Date: [c.9 May 1933]
Description: Letter from Vanessa Bell, Charleston, Firle, East Sussex, to Duncan Grant, originally enclosing a document from Raymond Coxon, a cheque from the London Artists' Association, and a letter from Angus Davidson. Mentions Angelica Bell, Julian Bell and Helen Sauter, Quentin Bell, his 'immense' new girlfriend and his ex-girlfriend Elizabeth, George Bergen, Louie Dunnet, Ethel Grant, John Maynard Keynes, Daisy McNeil, Tisdall the dentist, and Eve Younger.
Format: Document - correspondence
Collection: Tate Archive
Acquisition: Presented to Tate Archive by Henrietta Garnett, May 2007.
Reference: TGA 20078/1/44/188

Bloomsbury London Artists’ Association London Group Post-impressionism

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 20078/1/44/188

You might like

Vanessa Bell, recipient: Duncan Grant, ‘Letter from Vanessa Bell to Duncan Grant’ [16 April 1926]

Vanessa Bell, recipient: Duncan Grant Letter from Vanessa Bell to Duncan Grant

[16 April 1926]

View by appointment TGA 20078/1/44/141

Vanessa Bell, recipient: Duncan Grant, ‘Letter from Vanessa Bell to Duncan Grant’ [20 September 1928]

Vanessa Bell, recipient: Duncan Grant Letter from Vanessa Bell to Duncan Grant

[20 September 1928]

View by appointment TGA 20078/1/44/156

Vanessa Bell, recipient: Duncan Grant, ‘Letter from Vanessa Bell to Duncan Grant’ [c.29 July 1930]

Vanessa Bell, recipient: Duncan Grant Letter from Vanessa Bell to Duncan Grant

[c.29 July 1930]

View by appointment TGA 20078/1/44/169

Vanessa Bell, recipient: Duncan Grant, ‘Letter from Vanessa Bell to Duncan Grant’ [c.1928]

Vanessa Bell, recipient: Duncan Grant Letter from Vanessa Bell to Duncan Grant

[c.1928]

View by appointment TGA 20078/1/44/152

Vanessa Bell, recipient: Duncan Grant, ‘Letter from Vanessa Bell to Duncan Grant’ [7 August 1930]

Vanessa Bell, recipient: Duncan Grant Letter from Vanessa Bell to Duncan Grant

[7 August 1930]

View by appointment TGA 20078/1/44/178

Vanessa Bell, recipient: Duncan Grant, ‘Letter from Vanessa Bell to Duncan Grant’ [c.6 August 1930]

Vanessa Bell, recipient: Duncan Grant Letter from Vanessa Bell to Duncan Grant

[c.6 August 1930]

View by appointment TGA 20078/1/44/177

Vanessa Bell, recipient: Duncan Grant, ‘Letter from Vanessa Bell to Duncan Grant’ [15 January 1927]

Vanessa Bell, recipient: Duncan Grant Letter from Vanessa Bell to Duncan Grant

[15 January 1927]

View by appointment TGA 20078/1/44/147

Vanessa Bell, recipient: Duncan Grant, ‘Letter from Vanessa Bell to Duncan Grant’ [c.1926]

Vanessa Bell, recipient: Duncan Grant Letter from Vanessa Bell to Duncan Grant

[c.1926]

View by appointment TGA 20078/1/44/139

Vanessa Bell, recipient: Duncan Grant, ‘Letter from Vanessa Bell to Duncan Grant’ [10 January 1927]

Vanessa Bell, recipient: Duncan Grant Letter from Vanessa Bell to Duncan Grant

[10 January 1927]

View by appointment TGA 20078/1/44/146

Vanessa Bell, recipient: Duncan Grant, ‘Letter from Vanessa Bell to Duncan Grant’ [24 July 1928]

Vanessa Bell, recipient: Duncan Grant Letter from Vanessa Bell to Duncan Grant

[24 July 1928]

View by appointment TGA 20078/1/44/153

Vanessa Bell, recipient: Duncan Grant, ‘Letter from Vanessa Bell to Duncan Grant’ [3 August 1930]

Vanessa Bell, recipient: Duncan Grant Letter from Vanessa Bell to Duncan Grant

[3 August 1930]

View by appointment TGA 20078/1/44/174

Vanessa Bell, recipient: Duncan Grant, ‘Letter from Vanessa Bell to Duncan Grant’ [6 August 1930]

Vanessa Bell, recipient: Duncan Grant Letter from Vanessa Bell to Duncan Grant

[6 August 1930]

View by appointment TGA 20078/1/44/176

Vanessa Bell, recipient: Duncan Grant, ‘Letter from Vanessa Bell to Duncan Grant’ [31 July 1934]

Vanessa Bell, recipient: Duncan Grant Letter from Vanessa Bell to Duncan Grant

[31 July 1934]

View by appointment TGA 20078/1/44/194

Vanessa Bell, recipient: Duncan Grant, ‘Letter from Vanessa Bell to Duncan Grant’ [25 July 1928]

Vanessa Bell, recipient: Duncan Grant Letter from Vanessa Bell to Duncan Grant

[25 July 1928]

View by appointment TGA 20078/1/44/154

Vanessa Bell, recipient: Duncan Grant, ‘Letter from Vanessa Bell to Duncan Grant’ [24 December 1928]

Vanessa Bell, recipient: Duncan Grant Letter from Vanessa Bell to Duncan Grant

[24 December 1928]

View by appointment TGA 20078/1/44/158

Explore

nature(46,524)
- seasons(4,486)
  - summer(1,405)
people(35,850)
- named individuals(12,525)
  - Bell, Angelica, later Garnett(161)
  - Bell, Julian Heward(108)
  - Bell, Quentin(125)
  - Bergen, George(55)
  - Coxon, Raymond(7)
  - Davidson, Angus(48)
  - Dunnet, Louie(17)
  - Grant, Ethel, née McNeil(46)
  - Keynes, John Maynard(184)
  - McNeil, Daisy(19)
  - Tisdall(9)
  - Younger, Eve(6)
- named groups(2,825)
  - Cambridge Apostles(341)
work and occupations(14,389)
- arts and entertainment(6,588)
  - art historian(278)
  - artist - non-specific(2,086)
  - artist, painter(2,162)
  - collector / patron(921)
- domestic(846)
  - cooking(148)
  - nanny(146)
  - servant(149)
- educational and scientific(1,443)
  - economist(192)
  - teacher(651)
- literary(2,924)
  - author(1,928)
  - poet(640)
society(35,456)
- sex and relationships(5,332)
  - couple(1,300)
  - homosexuality(1,648)
- nationality(18,326)
  - Australian(82)
  - British(2,361)
  - English(12,973)
  - Scottish(2,802)
- family(4,136)
  - daughter(719)
  - father(700)
  - mother(1,352)
  - son(676)
objects(23,664)
- fine art and design, named works(6,068)
  - Bell, Vanessa, paintings(86)
  - Bell, Vanessa, photographs(7)
  - Grant, Duncan, paintings(95)