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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 721–740 of 913 objects

Black and white negative of a view of a river and mountains

Vanessa Bell
date not known

Black and white negative of two unidentified children seated, holding each other in a field

Vanessa Bell
date not known

Black and white negative of Angelica Bell in close up, wearing a cape at Charleston, Firle, Sussex

Vanessa Bell
1926

Black and white negative of two unidentified males seen from above on the deck of a boat

Vanessa Bell
date not known

Black and white negative of an unidentified figure in front of a large building in Paris, France

Vanessa Bell
date not known

Black and white negative of a bridge on the Seine in Paris, France

Vanessa Bell
date not known

Black and white negative of a large building taken from the opposite side of a river

Vanessa Bell
date not known

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

Vanessa Bell
[1932–3]

Black and white negative of Janie Bussy with Angelica Bell standing beneath a monument in Paris, France

Vanessa Bell
1936–7

Black and white negative of Angelica Bell looking at a flower in the garden at Charleston, Firle, Sussex

Vanessa Bell
1937

Black and white negative of Frances Marshall looking over her shouldner at the camera whilst seated on a folding chair, outdoors at Charleston, Firle, Sussex

Vanessa Bell
1930

Black and white negative of Lettie Ramsay holding a camera, standing outdoors at Charleston, Firle, Sussex

Vanessa Bell
1932

Black and white negative of Angelica Bell sitting on the lawn in the garden at Charleston, Firle, Sussex

Vanessa Bell
1932

Black and white negative of Lettie Ramsay and Julian Bell standing in an open doorway underneath ivy at Charleston, Firle, Sussex

Vanessa Bell
1932

Black and white negative of Angelica Bell lying down on the grass in front of a dolls house with a cat inside, Charleston, Firle, Sussex

Vanessa Bell
1932

Black and white negative of a group in the garden at Charleston, Firle, Sussex

Vanessa Bell
1932

Black and white negative of Angelica Bell standing with one foot in the pond and Clive Bell behind, at Charleston, Firle, Sussex

Vanessa Bell
1932

Black and white negative of Eve Younger in close up, looking at the camera at Charleston, Firle, Sussex

Vanessa Bell
1932

Black and white negative of Angelica Bell in close up, looking at the camera at Charleston, Firle, Sussex

Vanessa Bell
1932

Black and white negative of Janie Bussy in close up, wearing a scarf with a pearl necklace at Charleston, Firle, Sussex

Vanessa Bell
1932
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