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
- 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
