Vanessa Bell, recipient: Duncan Grant

Letter from Vanessa Bell to Duncan Grant

[c.September 1918]

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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.September 1918]
Description: Letter from Vanessa Bell, Charleston, East Sussex, to Duncan Grant, informing him of Walter Sickert's offer of the temporary use of his studio. She notes various pets and jokes about Grant's upcoming visit to the Ballets Russes in London. Also mentions her parlourmaid Emily Pratt, Roger Fry, Henry the dog, Bunny Garnett, Hubert Douglas Henderson, Mary Hutchinson, and Madge Vaughan.
Format: Document - correspondence
Collection: Tate Archive
Acquisition: Presented to Tate Archive by Henrietta Garnett, May 2007.
Reference: TGA 20078/1/44/77

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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 20078/1/44/77