- 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
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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