Vanessa Bell, recipient: Duncan Grant

Letter from Vanessa Bell to Duncan Grant

[c.1918]

Duncan Grant, ‘Page 1’ [c.1918] — © 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.1918]
Description: Letter from Vanessa Bell, Charleston, East Sussex, to Duncan Grant, London. Bell, pregnant with Angelica, explains that she cannot join Grant to see the Ballets Russes because she would feel guilty at leaving her children in the sole care of nurse Nellie Brittain. Also mentions the Pitchers.
Format: Document - correspondence
Collection: Tate Archive
Acquisition: Presented to Tate Archive by Henrietta Garnett, May 2007.
Reference: TGA 20078/1/44/82

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Personal papers of Duncan Grant TGA 20078 (234)

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