Vanessa Bell, recipient: Duncan Grant

Letter from Vanessa Bell to Duncan Grant

[c.October 1919]

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Created by: Vanessa Bell 1879–1961
Recipient: Duncan Grant 1885–1978
Title: Letter from Vanessa Bell to Duncan Grant
Date: [c.October 1919]
Description: Letter from Vanessa Bell, 36 Regent Square, London, to Duncan Grant. She mentions visits from Adrian and Karin Stephen, and from Rose Paul, Quentin's teacher; Julian continues to be bullied at school. She is painting still lifes when not diverted by domestic chores, and needs to speak to John Maynard Keynes about her 'shaky' financial position. Also mentions Angelica and Clive Bell, Nellie Brittain, and Mrs Masters.
Format: Document - correspondence
Collection: Tate Archive
Acquisition: Presented to Tate Archive by Henrietta Garnett, May 2007.
Reference: TGA 20078/1/44/101

London Group Bloomsbury Group

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Personal papers of Duncan Grant TGA 20078 (234)
- Correspondence TGA 20078/1 (234)
- - Letters from Vanessa Bell to Duncan Grant TGA 20078/1/44 (234)
  - - Letter from Vanessa Bell to Duncan Grant TGA 20078/1/44/101