- Title
- Letter from D. [Duncan Grant] to Vanessa Bell
- Date
- 18 May 1940
- Description
- Addressed from 3 Windsor Place [Plymouth] but on note paper for the Duke of Cornwall Hotel, Plymouth. Addressed to Vanessa Bell, Charleston, Firle near Lewes, Sussex. The letter provides a detailed update of his time in Plymouth as a war artist where he is painting in the docks. The letter also mentions John Nash. The reverse of the envelope is inscribed 'p.s. I will call for letters addressed here.'
- 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 8010/5/1785
