Vanessa Bell, recipient: Duncan Grant

Letter from Vanessa Bell to Duncan Grant

[c.1916]

Duncan Grant, ‘Page 1’ [c.1916] — © 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.1916]
Description: Letter from Vanessa Bell, 46 Gordon Square, Bloomsbury, London, to Duncan Grant, explaining her emotional need for his letters, and describing a gloomy stay with the Fry family. Also mentions haulage firm Carter Paterson, David 'Bunny' Garnett, and J. Kallenborn & Sons (specialists in marquetry furniture used by Omega Workshops).
Format: Document - correspondence
Collection: Tate Archive
Acquisition: Presented to Tate Archive by Henrietta Garnett, May 2007.
Reference: TGA 20078/1/44/61

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