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 141–160 of 913 objects

Black and white negative of an unidentified naked male standing by a wicker chair in the garden at Charleston, Firle, Sussex

Black and white negative of an unidentified naked male in a pond at Charleston, Firle, Sussex

Black and white negative of a naked Oliver Strachey sitting on a bedroom floor at Asheham, Beddingham, Sussex

Black and white negative of a naked Duncan Grant sitting on the lawn outdoors at Asheham, Beddingham, Sussex

Black and white negative of George Mallory posing in the nude on the top of a table at 38 Brunswick Square, Bloomsbury, London

Black and white negative of George Mallory in profile, posing in the nude on top of a table at 38 Brunswick Square, Bloomsbury, London

Black and white negative of an unidentied male standing naked outdoors at Charleston, Firle, Sussex

Black and white negative of an unidentified male posing by the corner of a pond at Charleston, Firle, Sussex

Black and white negative of a naked Oliver Strachey standing in a bedroom at Charleston, Firle, Sussex

Black and white negative of an unidentified naked male stepping into a pond at Charleston, Firle, Sussex

Black and white negative of a naked Duncan Grant on a hillside

Black and white negative of an unidentified naked male lying next to the pond in the garden at Charleston, Firle, Sussex

Black and white negative of an unidentified naked male standing in the pond at Charleston, Firle, Sussex

Black and white negative of George Mallory posng in the nude

Black and white negative of an unidentified naked male with his arms stretched up, in the garden at Charleston, Firle, Sussex

Black and white negative of a naked George Mallory leaping in the air

Black and white negative of George Mallory posing in the nude, looking over his shoulder

Black and white negative of George Mallory posing in the nude

Black and white negative of an unidentified male posing on one knee by the corner of the pond at Charleston, Firle, Sussex

Black and white negative of Vanessa Bell and Molly McCarthy posing with clasped hands naked in a studio in front of a large painting

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