Photograph albums and negatives by Vanessa Bell

[c.1870–1947]

Available online are a large quantity of photographic negatives belonging to, and taken by, Vanessa Bell from the early twentieth century to the 1950s. Many of the photographs show her family and friends, including key figures within the Bloomsbury Group, both posing for the camera and also during carefree moments at her home, Charleston Farmhouse.

Collection Owner: Vanessa Bell 1879–1961
Collection: Tate Archive
Acquisition: Presented to the Tate Archive by Angelica Garnett, the loose negatives in 1981 and the albums in 1988 and 1992.
Reference: TGA 9020

913 objects in this collection

Photograph albums and negatives by Vanessa Bell

913 Objects
- Photographic negatives belonging to Vanessa Bell
  
  913 Objects

Title: Photographic negatives belonging to Vanessa Bell
Date: 1898–1953
Description: Includes photographic negatives, belonging to, and taken by, Vanessa Bell. These negatives, the prints of which can be found within the photograph albums kept by Vanessa Bell (See TGA 9020/1-10), show her with family and friends, including key figures within the Bloomsbury Group such as Duncan Grant, Lytton Strachey and John Maynard Keynes. The images are a mixture of family portraits, nudes and studies, with most photographs taken during carefree moments at Charleston.
Reference: TGA 9020/11

913 objects in this collection

Showing 281–300 of 913 objects

Black and white negative of Duncan Grant smoking a cigar and holding a straw hat at “La Bergere” in Cassis, near Marseille, France

Black and white negative of Louie Pape standing with Angelica Bell near a door at “Villa Corsica” in Cassis, near Marseille, France

Black and white negative of Vanessa and Julian Bell standing and wearing a colonial hat, outdoors at Charleston, Firle, Sussex

Black and white negative of Goldie Lowes Dickinson wearing a hat, seated in the garden at Charleston, Firle, Sussex

Black and white negative of Clive Bell, Raymond Mortimer and Lytton Strachey seated in the garden at Charleston, Firle, Sussex

Black and white negative of Vanessa Bell in close up, outdoors

Black and white negative of Pamela Fry from below and on top of a carved female statue at Durbins, Guildford, Surrey, England

Black and white negative of Pamela Fry on top of a carved female statue at Durbins, Guildford, Surrey, England

Black and white negative of Vanessa Bell seen from profile and in close up at Durbins, Guildford, Surrey, England

Black and white negative of Angelica Bell wearing a hooded cloak and holding a doll whilst standing next to Vanessa bell, seated outdoors at Charleston, Firle, Sussex

Black and white negative of Vanessa Bell seated by an open window with Angus Davidson in the shadow in Venice, Italy

Black and white negative of the pupils of Marjorie Strachey ‘s summer school, dressed in costume at Charleston, Firle, Sussex

Black and white negative of Quentin Bell close up and bare chested in the garden at Charleston, Firle, Sussex

Black and white negative of unidentified figures on a boat in the canal [in Venice, Italy]

Black and white negative of Elizabeth Raverat wearing a veil in front of the wall at Charleston, Firle, Sussex

Black and white negative of Elizabeth Raverat wearing a straw hat, standing outdoors at Charleston, Firle, Sussex

Black and white negative of Angus Davidson seated indoors [in Cassis, near Marseille, France]

Black and white negative of Angelica Bell dressed as a peaseblossom in a midsummer nights dream

Black and white negative of Duncan Grant seated bare chested outdoors

Black and white negative of Julian Bell in the trees, bare chested wearing a hat at Charleston, Firle, Sussex

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