- Title
- Letter from Bear [Duncan Grant] to Vanessa Bell
- Date
- [c.15 May 1916]
- Description
- Addressed from Charing Cross Post Office. Addressed to Vanessa Bell, Wissett Lodge near Halesworth, Sussex. The letter concerns general news; the letter also mentions conscientious objectors, [John] Maynard [Keynes] and 'Bunny' [David Garnett].
- Format
- Document - correspondence
- Collection
- Tate Archive
- Acquisition
- Purchased at Sotheby's Sale, 21st -22nd July 1980 [Lot numbers 201,204,208,211,223,224,227,228,229,233,239,245,250,261,262,266]. The letters were gathered from different rooms at Charleston Farmhouse (including the attics), by Quentin Bell, son of Vanessa and Clive Bell. They were lodged in the Library of King's College, Cambridge and then transferred to Sotheby 's in 1980 for the auction.
- Reference
- TGA 8010/5/1124
