Vanessa Bell, recipient: Duncan Grant

Letter from Vanessa Bell to Duncan Grant

[c.1926]

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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.1926]
Description: Letter from Vanessa Bell, Charleston, Firle, East Sussex, to Duncan Grant. She has completed a design for Ethel Grant and is working on Helen Anrep's portrait, describes how the household at Charleston and the neighbouring Keynes are ignoring each other, and reports on the garden, including the asparagus that was eaten at lunch, with particular relish by Angelica. Also mentions Mrs Fagence.
Format: Document - correspondence
Collection: Tate Archive
Acquisition: Presented to Tate Archive by Henrietta Garnett, May 2007.
Reference: TGA 20078/1/44/145

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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 20078/1/44/145