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 301–320 of 913 objects

Black and white negative of Barbara Bagenal seated in front of a large table in the dining room at Charleston, Firle, Sussex

Black and white negative of a room with paintings on the wall

Black and white negative of a room with paintings on the wall and a bench

Black and white negative of a room with paintings on the wall and a white sofa

Black and white negative of a room with books

Black and white negative of a library

Black and white negative of an interior with a fireplace and a firescreen, pictures and a bookcase

Black and white negative of a group seated at a table in the garden seen from a high view point at Charleston, Firle, Sussex

Black and white negative of a seated group on the terrace in front of the house at Charleston, Firle, Sussex

Black and white negative of Roger Fry in close up, Desmond MacCarthy smoking a cigarette and Clive Bell wearing a hat, all seated in the garden at Charleston, Firle, Sussex

Black and white negative of an unidentified woman figure and David Garnett in a field next to an aeroplane in Charleston, Firle, Sussex

Black and white negative of Angelica Bell wearing period dress, posing on a long chair next to a mirror at Charleston, Firle, Sussex

Black and white negative of Angelica Bell standing dressed as Ellen Terry in Freshwater at 8 Fitzroy street, London

Black and white negative of Angelica Bell seated dressed as Ellen Terry in Freshwater at 8 Fitzroy street, London

Black and white negative of Quentin Bell and Janie Bussy dressed up, Quentin Bell is holding a wooden sword in the garden at Charleston, Firle, Sussex

Black and white negative of Angelica, Quentin and Julian Bell with Janie Bussy, all dressed up in the garden at Charleston, Firle, Sussex

Black and white negative of Angelica Bell as Ophelia lying down in the water at Charleston, Firle, Sussex

Black and white negative of Angelica and Clive Bell standing next to each other on the lawn at Charleston, Firle, Sussex

Black and white negative of Julian, Quentin and Angelica Bell with Janie Bussy in costume for a play by the pond at Charleston, Firle, Sussex

Black and white negative of Julian Bell as a character in play, wearing a costume whilst holding a mock sword

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