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  • Photograph albums and negatives by Vanessa Bell

Photograph albums and negatives by Vanessa Bell

[c.1870–1947]

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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

Showing 441–460 of 913 objects

Black and white negative of Duncan Grant, Angelica Bell and George Duthuit, reading books while seated on the lawn at Charleston, Firle, Sussex

Vanessa Bell
1936

Black and white negative of Eve Younger seated at a table with a cup indoors at Charleston, Firle, Sussex

Vanessa Bell
1936

Black and white negative of Quentin and Angelica Bell teasing Duncan Grant whilst he’s lying down on the lawn at Charleston, Firle, Sussex

Vanessa Bell
1937

Black and white negative of Angelica Bell kneeling down in front of an oriental sculpture by the pond at Charleston, Firle, Sussex

Vanessa Bell
1937

Black and white negative of Marie Mauron, Angelica Bell and Charles Mauron seated at a table playing with a cat at Charleston, Firle, Sussex

Vanessa Bell
1937

Black and white negative of Marie Mauron, Angelica Bell and Charles Mauron seated at a table playing with a cat at Charleston, Firle, Sussex

Vanessa Bell
1937

Black and white negative of Marie Mauron, Angelica Bell and Charles Mauron seated at a table outside the studio at Charleston, Firle, Sussex

Vanessa Bell
1937

Black and white negative of landscape with unidentified figures in the background

Vanessa Bell
[1938]

Black and white negative of two unidentified males by a horse-drawn cart with a barrel at Cassis, near Marseille, France

Vanessa Bell
1938

Black and white negative of the cook Elise Anghilante wearing an apron, standing outdoors in Cassis, near Marseille, France

Vanessa Bell
1937

Black and white negative of two unidentified males by a horse-drawn cart with a barrel and jugs in Cassis, near Marseille, France

Vanessa Bell
1938

Black and white negative of Angelica Bell seated at a dining table with Elise Anghilanti standing, outdoors at La Bergere in Cassis, near Marseille, France

Vanessa Bell
1938

Black and white negative of Angelica Bell seated at a dining table outdoors with Vanessa Bell, Elise Anghilante and Quentin Bell at La Bergere in Cassis, near Marseille, France

Angelica Garnett, Vanessa Bell
1938

Black and white negative of two unidentified males in the field working on the harvest in Cassis, near Marseille, France

Vanessa Bell
1938

Black and white negative of Duncan Grant seated in the foreground with Angelica and Quentin Bell seated behind him on a brick wall, outdoors in Cassis, near Marseille, France

Vanessa Bell
1938

Black and white negative of a group of unidentified men and women in a field during Harvest season in Cassis, near Marseille, France

Vanessa Bell
[1938]

Black and white negative of unidentified figures working in a field at Harvest season in Cassis, near Marseille, France

Vanessa Bell
[1938]

Black and white negative of unidentified figures working in a field, wearing hats during Harvest season in Cassis, near Marseille, France

Vanessa Bell
[1938]

Black and white negative of two unidentified males on a cart next to a barrel in Cassis, near Marseille, France

Vanessa Bell
[1938]

Black and white negative of an unidentified group of men and women posing in front of a vineyard in Cassis, near Marseille, France

Vanessa Bell
[1938]
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