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 401–420 of 913 objects

Black and white negative of Angelica Bell seated in front of a mirror holding her dog Clinker in the studio at Charleston, Firle, Sussex

Black and white negative of Eve Younger standing amongst the trees at Charleston, Firle, Sussex

Black and white negative of George Bergen standing in the garden at Charleston, Firle, Sussex

Black and white negative of Angelica Bell seated by an open window with her dog Clinker in the studio at Charleston, Firle, Sussex

Black and white negative of Frances Marshall standing outdoors at Charleston, Firle, Sussex

Black and white negative of Eve Younger, Frances Marshall and Angelica Bell standing in front of the house at Charleston, Firle, Sussex

Black and white negative of Julian Bell wearing a suit, kneeling down in front of the garden door at Charleston, Firle, Sussex

Black and white negative of Quentin Bell bare chested, half submerged in the small pond in the garden at Charleston, Firle, Sussex

Black and white negative of Vanessa Bell seated on a sofa holding Angelica Bell at Charleston, Firle, Sussex

Black and white negative of two cats playing outdoors at Charleston, Firle, Sussex

Black and white negative of Angelica Bell wearing a dress kneeling down next to her dog Clinker in the garden at Charleston, Firle, Sussex

Black and white negative of Angelica Bell in bathing suit, kneeling down by a doll’s house outdoors at Charleston, Firle, Sussex

Black and white negative of Duncan Grant standing outdoors in front of canvasses and rolled up papers at Charleston, Firle, Sussex

Black and white negative of Angelica Bell wearing a headscarf lying down on the lawn whilst looking at the camera at Charleston, Firle, Sussex

Black and white negative of Eve Younger seated cross-legged with Angelica Bell and her dog Clinker in the middle, outdoors at Charleston, Firle, Sussex

Black and white negative of Frances Marshall and Angelica Bell outdoors at Charleston, Firle, Sussex

Black and white negative of Angelica Bell with her sewing machine indoors at Charleston, Firle, Sussex

Black and white negative of Angelica Bell sewing a garment with a sewing machine in front of an open door at Charleston, Firle, Sussex

Black and white negative of Quentin and Angelica Bell wearing bathing suits standing outdoors at Charleston, Firle, Sussex

Black and white negative of Eve Younger standing with an open book in front of a screen outdoors at Charleston, Firle, Sussex

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