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 701–720 of 913 objects

Black and white negative of Duncan Grant painting at an easel, outdoors in Cassis, near Marseille, France

Black and white negative of Elise Anghilanti holding flowers in her hands, standing near a tree in Cassis, near Marseille, France

Black and white negative of Angelica Bell posing with one hand on a wooden pole and the other hand on her waist, outdoors in Cassis, near Marseille, France

Black and white negative of Elise Anghilanti, Duncan Grant and Vanessa Bell standing in front of a wall in Cassis, near Marseille, France

Black and white negative of Angelica Bell squatting whilst looking at the camera, outdoors in Cassis, near Marseille, France

Black and white negative of Grace Higgens holding John in her arms, indoors at Charleston, Firle, Sussex

Black and white negative of Grace Higgens holding John in her arms, indoors in front of a large mirror at Charleston, Firle, Sussex

Black and white negative of a group of unidentified children in Italy

Black and white negative of Duncan Grant and Angelica Bell sitting among the ruins at Paestum, Italy

Black and white negative of Angelica Bell in profile, opening a window at Charleston, Firle, Sussex

Black and white negative of Angelica Bell playing the recorder in an open window at ‘La Bergere, Cassis, near Marseille, France

Black and white negative of Charles and Marie Mauron outdoors at Charleston, Firle, Sussex

Black and white negative of David Garnett standing behind an aeroplane on a field at Charleston, Firle, Sussex

Black and white negative of Duncan Grant standing with his mother Ethel in front of the hut in Charleston, Firle, Sussex

Black and white negative of Angelica Bell seated on Duncan Grant’s lap with her arm around his neck, in front of an open door at Charleston, Firle, Sussex

Black and white negative of David Garnett next to an aeroplane at Charleston, Firle, Sussex

Black and white negative of the front of David Garnett’s aeroplane in a field at Charleston, Firle, Sussex

Black and white negative of an unidentified baby seated on a blanket, outdoors in a field

Black and white negative of an unidentified child standing in a field with an unidentified male

Black and white negative of two unidentified children and an adult seated in a field

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