Vanessa Bell, recipient: Duncan Grant

Letter from Vanessa Bell to Duncan Grant

[c.1 September 1912]

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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.1 September 1912]
Description: Letter from Vanessa Bell, Asheham House, Rodmell, Lewes, East Sussex, to Duncan Grant. Bell is recovering from a nervous breakdown. She invites him to visit; her current guests - in addition to Clive - are Frederick and Jessie Etchells and Roger Fry. She asks Grant to bring Fry their poster for his 'Second Post-Impressionist exhibition',and continues to speculate about the relationships of her siblings Adrian and Virginia. Also mentions Violet Dickinson and Marjorie Strachey.
Format: Document - correspondence
Collection: Tate Archive
Acquisition: Presented to Tate Archive by Henrietta Garnett, May 2007.
Reference: TGA 20078/1/44/11

Post-Impressionism Camden Town 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 20078/1/44/11