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Letter from Vanessa Bell to Duncan Grant

Vanessa Bell, recipient: Duncan Grant

Letter from Vanessa Bell to Duncan Grant

[c.1915]

© The estate of Vanessa Bell courtesy of Henrietta Garnett

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Created by: Vanessa Bell 1879–1961
Recipient: Duncan Grant 1885–1978
Title: Letter from Vanessa Bell to Duncan Grant
Date: [c.1915]
Description: Letter from Vanessa Bell, Asheham House, Rodmell, Lewes, East Sussex, to Duncan Grant, written over two days. The first section reports her failure to lease Wissett Lodge, where conscientious objector Grant had hoped to undertake farm labour, and the possibility of acquiring Charleston. The second describes the peace of Asheham in comparison to the war activity elsewhere. Also mentions Quentin Bell, Roger Fry, Gunn, Hicks, Stacey, and Virginia Woolf.
Format: Document - correspondence
Collection: Tate Archive
Acquisition: Presented to Tate Archive by Henrietta Garnett, May 2007.
Reference: TGA 20078/1/44/42

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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 20078/1/44/42