- Title
- Letter from Duncan [Grant] to Vanessa Bell
- Date
- 26 December 1929
- Description
- Addressed from Grosvenor House, Twickenham. Addressed to Vanessa Bell, Cleeve House, Seend near Devizes, Wilts. The letter concerns general news following Christmas and expresses his opinion of Christmas and the gifts he received. The letter also mentions his family and Harry Strachey. 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 8010/5/1467
