- Title
- Letter from Bear [Duncan Grant] to Vanessa Bell
- Date
- [29 April 1924]
- Description
- Addressed from Charleston, Firle [Sussex]. Addressed to Vanessa Bell, Cleeve House, Seend, Melksham, Wilts. The letter concerns Angelica [Bell's] health offering comfort to Bell at the news Angelica requires an operation. 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 8010/5/1319
