Vanessa Bell, recipient: Duncan Grant

Letter from Vanessa Bell to Duncan Grant

16 April 1956

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Created by: Vanessa Bell 1879–1961
Recipient: Duncan Grant 1885–1978
Title: Letter from Vanessa Bell to Duncan Grant
Date: 16 April 1956
Description: Letter from Vanessa Bell, 23 Framlington Place, Newcastle upon Tyne, to Duncan Grant, written on 16 and 17 April, and originally enclosing a cheque for Grace Germany. She is staying with Quentin and Anne Olivier Bell, their children Julian and Virginia, and Grant and Bell's grand-niece Henrietta Garnett. She discusses painting with Quentin in his rooms at King's College from the model, and also mentions Clive Bell and Barbara Hiles ('B').
Format: Document - correspondence
Collection: Tate Archive
Acquisition: Presented to Tate Archive by Henrietta Garnett, May 2007.
Reference: TGA 20078/1/44/228

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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 20078/1/44/228