- Title
- Letter from Bear [Duncan Grant] to Vanessa Bell [London]
- Date
- [4 October 1919]
- Description
- Addressed from Charleston, Firle, Sussex. The letter concerns general news and offers sympathy to Bell for 'the life [she] must be leading'. The letter also mentions Quentin [Bell], his struggle to paint, a bicycle trip to Eastbourne with 'Bunny' [David Garnett] and a visit to the dentist.
- 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 8010/5/1202
