Duncan Grant, recipient: Vanessa Bell

Letter from D. [Duncan Grant] to Vanessa Bell

18 May 1940

Charleston Trust (Lewes, UK), ‘Page 1’ 18 May 1940 — © The estate of Duncan Grant

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Created by: Duncan Grant 1885–1978
Recipient: Vanessa Bell 1879–1961
Title: Letter from D. [Duncan Grant] to Vanessa Bell
Date: 18 May 1940
Description: Addressed from 3 Windsor Place [Plymouth] but on note paper for the Duke of Cornwall Hotel, Plymouth. Addressed to Vanessa Bell, Charleston, Firle near Lewes, Sussex. The letter provides a detailed update of his time in Plymouth as a war artist where he is painting in the docks. The letter also mentions John Nash. The reverse of the envelope is inscribed 'p.s. I will call for letters addressed here.'
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 8010/5/1785

British War Art London Group Post-impressionism

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 D. [Duncan Grant] to Vanessa Bell TGA 8010/5/1785

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