- Title
- Letter from D. [Duncan Grant] to Vanessa Bell
- Date
- [15 January 1941]
- Description
- Addressed from University Arms Hotel, Cambridge. Addressed to Vanessa Bell, Charleston, Firle near Lewes, Sussex. The letter concerns a detailed account of his attempts to secure accommodation for his mother and aunt Violet in Cambridge. The second half of the letter is written on a postcard featuring a reproduction of a photograph of the University Arms, Cambridge.
- 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 8010/5/1793
