Vanessa Bell, recipient: Duncan Grant

Letter from Vanessa Bell to Duncan Grant

[11 March 1916]

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Created by: Vanessa Bell 1879–1961
Recipient: Duncan Grant 1885–1978
Title: Letter from Vanessa Bell to Duncan Grant
Date: [11 March 1916]
Description: Letter from Vanessa Bell, 46 Gordon Square, Bloomsbury, to Duncan Grant, Wissett Lodge, Suffolk. Informs him that Lord Henry Cavendish Bentinck has purchased three of Grant's paintings via his sister Lady Ottoline Morrell. Queries what they should do about Wissett Lodge, in the light of uncertainty over what work Grant will be given as a conscientious objector. Works mentioned include Bell's 'Still life (Triple Alliance)', 1914, and (possibly) 'Flowers in the studio', 1915. Also mentions Mark Gertler, Roger Fry and Grant's mother.
Format: Document - correspondence
Collection: Tate Archive
Acquisition: Presented to Tate Archive by Henrietta Garnett, May 2007.
Reference: TGA 20078/1/44/46

London Group Post-Impressionism 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 20078/1/44/46