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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 861–880 of 913 objects

Black and white negative of an unidentified group of people standing behind a windowsill

Vanessa Bell
date not known

Black and white negative of Frances Marshall seated with Clive Bell, outdoors at Charleston, Firle, Sussex

Vanessa Bell
1930

Black and white negative of Quentin Bell, Duncan Grant and Julian Bell seated around a table, having tea at La Bergere in Cassis, near Marseille, France

Vanessa Bell
1929

Black and white negative of Sabine de Foncleville seated outdoors at La Bergere in Cassis, near Marseille, France

Vanessa Bell
1928

Black and white negative of Julian Bell wearing an unbuttoned shirt with glasses, seated indoors at Cassis, near Marseille, France

Vanessa Bell
1929

Black and white negative of Duncan Grant painting at an easel in a field at Cassis, near Marseille, France

Vanessa Bell
1928

Black and white negative of Elise Anghilanti and Grace Germay standing in front of a wall at La Bergere in Cassis, near Marseille, France

Vanessa Bell
1928

Black and white negative of Duncan Grant looking at the camera, seated with his arms crossed at La Bergere in Cassis, near Marseille, France

Vanessa Bell
1928

Black and white negative of Clive and Quentin Bell smoking cigarettes outside at La Bergere, Cassis, near Marseille, France

Vanessa Bell
1929

Black and white negative of Clive, Cory and Vanessa Bell seated in the garden at Cassis, near Marseille, France

Vanessa Bell
1929

Black and white negative of Duncan Grant posing in front of a car at Cassis, near Marseille, France

Vanessa Bell
[c1928]

Black and white negative of Angelica Bell climbing a tree in the garden at Cassis, near Marseille, France

Vanessa Bell
1929

Black and white negative of Angelica and Grace Germany seated at the dining table in the garden at Villa Corsica in Cassis, near Marseille, France

Vanessa Bell
1927

Black and white negative of Grace Germany and Louie Pape seated indoors at Villa Corsica, Cassis, near Marseille, France

Vanessa Bell
1927

Black and white negative of Angelica Bell seated in a tree in the garden at La Bergere in Cassis, near Marseille, France

Vanessa Bell
1928

Black and white negative of Vanessa Bell seated on the balcony at Villa Corsica in Cassis, near Marseille, France

Vanessa Bell
1927

Black and white negative of Ethel Grant, Miss Elwes, Duncan Grant and Daisy McNeill posing indoors at La Bergere in Cassis, near Marseille, France

Vanessa Bell
1928

Black and white negative of Ethel Grant, Miss Elwes, Duncan Grant and Daisy McNeill holding a cat, indoors at Cassis, near Marseille, France

Vanessa Bell
1928

Black and white negative of Angelica Bell holding mistletoe above her head, outdoors at Cassis, near Marseille, France

Vanessa Bell
1927

Black and white negative of Angelica Bell stretching her arms above her head, looking at the camera on a balcony at Cassis, near Marseille, France

Vanessa Bell
[1927]
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