Vanessa Bell, recipient: Duncan Grant

Letter from Vanessa Bell to Duncan Grant

[26 September 1917]

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Created by: Vanessa Bell 1879–1961
Recipient: Duncan Grant 1885–1978
Title: Letter from Vanessa Bell to Duncan Grant
Date: [26 September 1917]
Description: Fragment of letter from Vanessa Bell, Charleston, East Sussex, to Duncan Grant, describing her work with Roger Fry on the house and garden, and proposing Grant send his portrait of her in the sitting room to the upcoming Omega Workshops exhibition. Also mentions her servants Mabel and Trissie Selwood, and friend Faith Henderson.
Format: Document - correspondence
Collection: Tate Archive
Acquisition: Presented to Tate Archive by Henrietta Garnett, May 2007.
Reference: TGA 20078/1/44/67

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 20078/1/44/67