Vanessa Bell, recipient: Duncan Grant

Letter from Vanessa Bell to Duncan Grant

[c.25 April 1918]

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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.25 April 1918]
Description: Letter from Vanessa Bell, Durbins, Guildford, Surrey, to Duncan Grant, arranging to meet him tomorrow. Discusses difficulties with servants, and letter from Virginia Woolf about sisters Ermengard and Fredegond Maitland. Includes sketch of son Julian playing by the pond. Also mentions Quentin Bell, Joan Fry and Trissie Selwood.
Format: Document - correspondence
Collection: Tate Archive
Acquisition: Presented to Tate Archive by Henrietta Garnett, May 2007.
Reference: TGA 20078/1/44/72

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