- Title
- Letter from Bear [Duncan Grant] to Vanessa Bell
- Date
- [26 December 1920]
- Description
- Addressed from Wilmington House near Dartford, Kent. Addressed to Vanessa Bell at Cleeve House, Seend, Melksham near Devizes, Wiltshire. The letter concerns Christmas with his family and their financial situation. Includes original envelope.
- 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 8010/5/1221
