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

913 objects in this collection

Showing 361–380 of 913 objects

Black and white negative of Angelica Bell, Grace Higgins, aunt Dolly and Alice standing in front of an open window at Charleston, Firle, Sussex

Black and white negative of Clive Bell and Duncan Grant standing on the other side of a motor vehicle, with David Garnett at the steering wheel at Charleston, Firle, Sussex

Black and white negative of a cat on a chair

Black and white negative of Clive Bell in profile, seated indoors at Charleston, Firle, Sussex

Black and white negative of David Garnett, Duncan Grant and an unidentified male in an open vehicle at Charleston, Firle, Sussex

Black and white negative of Quentin Bell taking a picture while Angelica Bell stands in the background in front of the house at Charleston, Firle, Sussex

Black and white negative of Angelica Bell and Judith Stephen with a cat at window at Charleston, Firle, Sussex

Black and white negative of Grace Higgens, Ann Stephen, an unidentified female, Angelica Bell and Mrs Uppington standing outdoors at Charleston, Firle, Sussex

Black and white negative of Angelica and Clive Bell standing with Quentin Bell holding an open camera in the walled garden at Chareleston, Firle, Sussex

Black and white negative of Angelica Bell seated on a chair holding a cat, indoors at Charleston, Firle, Sussex

Black and white negative of Grace Higgens, Judith Stephen and Angelica Bell looking at the camera whilst seated at a table outdoors, at Charleston, Firle, Sussex

Black and white negative of Julian Bell kneeling down, holding a butterfly net in the garden at Monk House, East Sussex

Black and white negative of Quentin Bell seated on the lawn looking up at Julian Bell standing in front of the house at Monk House, East Sussex

Black and white negative of Julian and Quentin Bell playing with sticks in the garden at Charleston, Firle, Sussex

Black and white negative of Vanessa Bell kneeling down next to Angelica Bell in front of the walled garden at Charleston, Firle, Sussex

Black and white negative of a clay sculpture by Quentin Bell at Charleston, Firle, Sussex

Black and white negative of Angelica Bell standing on a brick wall holding a dog by its collar, while Quentin Bell stands to one side at Charleston, Firle, Sussex

Black and white negative of Rachel McCarthy with her hand on her forehead outdoors at Charleston, Firle, Sussex

Black and white negative of Angelica Bell in close up, outdoors at Charleston, Firle, Sussex

Black and white negative of Quentin Bell carrying a box containing a sculpture at Charleston, Firle, Sussex

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