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- Created by
- Duncan Grant 1885–1978
- Recipient
- Vanessa Bell 1879–1961
- Title
- Letter from B. [Duncan Grant] to Vanessa Bell
- Date
- [30 September 1922]
- Description
- Addressed from Charleston, Firle, Sussex. Addressed to Vanessa Bell, 46 Gordon Square, London. The letter concerns general news from Charleston and mentions Clive [Bell] and Angelica [Bell]. The reverse of the envelope is inscribed 'P.S. Jessie is coming to pay us a visit this afternoon. Many thanks for the parcel. Could you send me or bring Proust Vol 2 Gomorrhe' ['Sodome et Gomorrhe' (1921/1922), the fourth part of Marcel Proust's novel 'À la recherche du temps perdu', and originally published in two volumes].
- Format
- Document - correspondence
- Collection
- Tate Archive
- Acquisition
- Purchased at Sotheby's Sale, 21st -22nd July 1980 [Lot numbers 201,204,208,211,223,224,227,228,229,233,239,245,250,261,262,266]. The letters were gathered from different rooms at Charleston Farmhouse (including the attics), by Quentin Bell, son of Vanessa and Clive Bell. They were lodged in the Library of King's College, Cambridge and then transferred to Sotheby 's in 1980 for the auction.
- Reference
- TGA 8010/5/1267
Archive context
- Correspondence and other papers relating to Roger Fry, Vanessa Bell, Clive Bell, Duncan Grant and others TGA 8010 (681)
- Letters to Vanessa Bell TGA 8010/5 (681)
- Letter from B. [Duncan Grant] to Vanessa Bell TGA 8010/5/1267
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