Duncan Grant, recipient: Vanessa Bell

Letter from D.G. [Duncan Grant] to Vanessa Bell [Charleston]

Created by: Duncan Grant 1885–1978
Recipient: Vanessa Bell 1879–1961
Title: Letter from D.G. [Duncan Grant] to Vanessa Bell [Charleston]
Date: [c.26 April 1925]
Description: Addressed from 46 Gordon Square, Bloomsbury. The letter concerns general news; the letter also mentions meeting 'the Stracheys', Angus [Davidson] and attending a party given by [John] Maynard [Keynes] where he met Thérèse [Lessore] and [Walter] Sickert. The letter also refers to John Singer Sargent, who had recently died.
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 8010/5/1358

London Group Post-Impressionism Camden Town Group Bloomsbury Group