Vanessa Bell, recipient: Duncan Grant

Letter from Vanessa Bell to Duncan Grant

[c.1911]

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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.1911]
Description: Letter from Vanessa Bell, Hotel du Cheval Blanc, La Chartre-sur-le-Loir, Sarthe, France, to Duncan Grant, Paris. Grant is staying with Clive Bell; Vanessa is travelling with Roger Fry, and lists their probable itinerary so that Grant can meet them. She describes their meals and painting trips, but complains that Fry is intellectually demanding, and more depressed than amorous. Also mentions Mabel Selwood and the Bells' children.
Format: Document - correspondence
Collection: Tate Archive
Acquisition: Presented to Tate Archive by Henrietta Garnett, May 2007.
Reference: TGA 20078/1/44/6

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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 20078/1/44/6