Photograph albums and negatives by Vanessa Bell

[c.1870–1947]

Available online are a large quantity of photographic negatives belonging to, and taken by, Vanessa Bell from the early twentieth century to the 1950s. Many of the photographs show her family and friends, including key figures within the Bloomsbury Group, both posing for the camera and also during carefree moments at her home, Charleston Farmhouse.

Collection Owner: Vanessa Bell 1879–1961
Collection: Tate Archive
Acquisition: Presented to the Tate Archive by Angelica Garnett, the loose negatives in 1981 and the albums in 1988 and 1992.
Reference: TGA 9020

913 objects in this collection

Photograph albums and negatives by Vanessa Bell

913 Objects
- Photographic negatives belonging to Vanessa Bell
  
  913 Objects

Title: Photographic negatives belonging to Vanessa Bell
Date: 1898–1953
Description: Includes photographic negatives, belonging to, and taken by, Vanessa Bell. These negatives, the prints of which can be found within the photograph albums kept by Vanessa Bell (See TGA 9020/1-10), show her with family and friends, including key figures within the Bloomsbury Group such as Duncan Grant, Lytton Strachey and John Maynard Keynes. The images are a mixture of family portraits, nudes and studies, with most photographs taken during carefree moments at Charleston.
Reference: TGA 9020/11

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Black and white negative of Raymond Mortimer, posing outdoors in front of a window at ‘La Bergere’ in Cassis, near Marseille, France

Black and white negative of Duncan Grant bearded after his illness, holding the cat ‘Polo’ in front of the garden wall at Charleston, Firle, Susexx

Black and white negative of Clive Bell smoking with a pipe, standing in the garden at Charleston, Firle, Sussex

Black and white negative of a group with a sculpture of a bust with a wine bottle replacing the head and supporting a hat, in the garden at Charleston, Firle, Sussex

Black and white negative of Angelica Bell standing on a balcony dressed with a white gown in Rome, Italy

Black and white negative of a group in a car with a dog [pinska] at Charleston, Firle, Sussex

Black and white negative of David Garnett in his aeroplane in [Sussex]

Black and white negative of two unidentified girls. One [Pamela Fry] standing in front of a sculpture at Durbins, Guildford, Surrey, England

Black and white negative of Elizabeth Watson and an unidentified female, seated a the dining room table at Charleston, Firle, Sussex

Black and white negative of Barbara Bagenal standing by a large pond at Charleston, Firle, Sussex

Black and white negative of a group posing in the garden at Charleston, Firle, Sussex

Black and white negative of Duncan Grant and Mrs Ethel Grant with a Cat in Cassis, near Marseille, France

Black and white negative of Clive Bell and Frances Patridge [on envelope] Marshall [on photograph] standing in front of the house at Charleston, Firle, Sussex

Black and white negative of George Herbert Duckworth holding a camera in the garden at Charleston, Firle, Sussex

Black and white negative of Julian Bell on the beach with a towel wrapped around his waist

Black and white negative of an unidentified female climbing a sculpture in the garden at Durbins, Guildford, Surrey, England

Black and white negative of Clive Bell holding a tennis racket in the garden at Durbins, Guildford, Surrey, England

Black and white negative of Julian Bell standing next to Angelica Bell who is seated on the windowsill at ‘La Bergere’ in Cassis, near Marseille, France

Black and white negative of Janie Bussy and Angelica Bell posing in front of a wall, doing hand gestures at an exhibition in Paris, France

Black and white negative of Angelica Bell seated across Vanessa Bell’s lap at Charleston, Firle, Sussex