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 locals near a fruit stall in Spain

Black and white negative of buildings in Spain

Black and white negative of a religious procession in Spain

Black and white negative of a religious procession on a narrow street in Spain

Black and white negative of a bullfight in a bullring in Spain

Black and white negative of Julian Bell in a bathing suit punting at Charleston, Firle, Sussex

Black and white negative of Clive Bell smoking with a pipe seated outdoors at Blean, near Canterbury, Kent

Black and white negative of Quentin Bell standing behind Angelica Bell seated in a push chair at Charleston, Firle, Sussex

Black and white negative of domestic servants in summer school at Charleston, Firle, Sussex

Black and white negative of Grace Germany, Judith Stephen and Angelica Bell outdoors at a table, at Charleston, Firle, Sussex

Black and white negative of Boris Anrep in front of a garden wall holding Angelica Bell in his arms at Charleston, Firle, Sussex

Black and white negative of Quentin Bell and Judith Stephen looking away from the camera at Charleston, Firle, Sussex

Black and white negative of Judith Stephen and Saxon Sydney-Turner in front of a garden door at Charleston, Firle, Sussex

Black and white negative of Judith Stephen watching Duncan Grant holding Angelica Bell in his arms outdoors at Charleston, Firle, Sussex

Black and white negative of two unidentified figures in front of the house at Wareham Manor, King’s Lynn, Norfolk

Black and white negative of two unidentified figures in front of the Manor House, Wereham, King’s Lynn

Black and white negative of David Garnett talking closely to Barbara Bagenal outdoors at Charleston, Firle, Sussex

Black and white negative of Angelica Bell standing against a brick wall at [King’s Lynn: on envelope] - [Old Buckenham: on photograph]

Black and white negative of a street with buildings in [Norfolk]

Black and white negative of two unidentified figures in front of an ivy covered house at Wareham Manor, King’s Lynn, Norfolk