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: Photograph albums and negatives by Vanessa Bell
Date: [c.1870–1947]
Description: 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.
Reference: TGA 9020

913 objects in this collection

Showing 421–440 of 913 objects

Black and white negative of Duncan Grant in costume as a Spanish dancer, outdoors at Charleston, Firle, Sussex

Black and white negative of Angelica Bell performing a headstand with Quentin Bell holding her legs, outdoors at Charleston, Firle, Sussex

Black and white negative of Janie Bussy dressed as a French tourist, and Quentin Bell dressed as woman in fur coat and hat at Charleston, Firle, Sussex

Black and white negative of Quentin Bell and an unidentified male in a car at Charleston, Firle, Sussex

Black and white negative of Elizabeth Watson wearing a paint-covered apron, seated by the pond in the garden at Charleston, Firle, Sussex

Black and white negative of Angelica Bell wearing a long flower dress with a belt whilst resting a large vase on her right shoulder, outdoors at Charleston, Firle, Sussex

Black and white negative of Angelica Bell seated on the lawn amongst flowers, wearing a shoulderless dress with a chignon at Charleston, Firle, Sussex

Black and white negative of Angus Davidson posing in front of the house at Charleston, Firle, Sussex

Black and white negative of Quentin and Angelica Bell and Elizabeth Watson seated on the lawn at Charleston, Firle, Sussex

Black and white negative of Angelica Bell in fancy dress, wearing a crown in the garden at Charleston, Firle, Sussex

Black and white negative of Christopher Strachey standing outdoors at Charleston, Firle, Sussex

Black and white negative of Vanessa Bell wearing a long coat and a hat, leaning on a wall at Charleston, Firle, Sussex

Black and white negative of Quentin Bell dressed as a Spanish woman with a fur coat and a bag with Janie Bussy as a French tourist standing in front of a wall at Charleston, Firle, Sussex

Black and white negative of Janie Bussy dressed as a French tourist posing in front of a wall at Charleston, Firle, Sussex

Black and white negative of Quentin Bell lying down by the pond at Charleston, Firle, Sussex

Black and white negative of Quentin Bell lying down by the pond at Charleston, Firle, Sussex

Black and white negative of Angelica Bell wearing a hat over her face, seated on the lawn with Eve Younger

Black and white negative of Janie Bussy, Angelica Bell and Eve Younger lying on the lawn in the garden at Charleston, Firle, Sussex

Black and white negative of Janie Bussy seated on the lawn next to Angelica Bell and Eve Younger at Charleston, Firle, Sussex

Black and white negative of Janie Bussy, Vanessa Bell and Eve Younger seated on the lawn at Charleston, Firle, Sussex

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