Vanessa Bell, recipient: Duncan Grant

Letter from Vanessa Bell to Duncan Grant

[c.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.1918]
Description: Letter from Vanessa Bell, Durbins, Guildford, Surrey, to Duncan Grant, reporting her sons' illnesses and the food shortages in Roger Fry's house. Also mentions Joan Fry, Dr Mitchell, and Trissie Selwood.
Format: Document - correspondence
Collection: Tate Archive
Acquisition: Presented to Tate Archive by Henrietta Garnett, May 2007.
Reference: TGA 20078/1/44/85

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