Correspondence and other papers relating to Roger Fry, Vanessa Bell, Clive Bell, Duncan Grant and others
1896–1960
Avaliable online is a selection of correspondence from Duncan Grant to Vanessa Bell regarding their relationship; their work; Charleston farmhouse and day to day activities. In many of the letters, Grant uses his nickname 'Bear'.
Details of the remainder of this collection can be found on the archive catalogue.
- Collection Owner
- Charleston Trust (Lewes, UK)
- 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
681 objects in this collection
- Title
- Letters to Vanessa Bell
- Date
- 1916–69
- Reference
- TGA 8010/5
