- Title
- Letter from D. [Duncan Grant] to Vanessa Bell
- Date
- [28 July 1928]
- Description
- Addressed from Grosvenor House, Twickenham. Addressed to Vanessa Bell, Charleston, Firle near Lewes, Sussex. The letter concerns general news and refers to Clive [Bell] and Mary [Hutchinson]. The letter also discusses his models, an attempt to paint on a dinghy and mentions a trip to an opera titled 'Love in a Village' at Hammersmith in London. 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 8010/5/1442
