- Title
- Letter from Bear [Duncan Grant] to Vanessa Bell
- Date
- [22 April 1924]
- Description
- Addressed from 46 Gordon Square, London. Addressed to Vanessa Bell, Cleeve House, Seend, Melksham near Devizes, Wilts. The letter concerns Angelica's [Bell's] poor health and general news. The letter also mentions a trip to Hammersmith to paint with 'Douglas' and a trip to the [London] Coliseum. The reverse of the envelope is stamped 'King's College, Cambridge'. 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 8010/5/1312
