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  • Photograph albums and negatives by Vanessa Bell

Photograph albums and negatives by Vanessa Bell

°Ú³¦.1870–1947±Õ

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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
Photograph albums and negatives by Vanessa Bell
Date
°Ú³¦.1870–1947±Õ
Description
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.
Reference
TGA 9020

Showing 181–200 of 913 objects

Black and white negative of Raymond Mortimer, posing outdoors in front of a window at ‘La Bergere’ in Cassis, near Marseille, France

Vanessa Bell
1928

Black and white negative of Duncan Grant bearded after his illness, holding the cat ‘Polo’ in front of the garden wall at Charleston, Firle, Susexx

Vanessa Bell
1934

Black and white negative of Clive Bell smoking with a pipe, standing in the garden at Charleston, Firle, Sussex

Vanessa Bell
1937

Black and white negative of a group with a sculpture of a bust with a wine bottle replacing the head and supporting a hat, in the garden at Charleston, Firle, Sussex

Vanessa Bell
1928

Black and white negative of Angelica Bell standing on a balcony dressed with a white gown in Rome, Italy

Vanessa Bell
1935

Black and white negative of a group in a car with a dog [pinska] at Charleston, Firle, Sussex

Vanessa Bell
1929

Black and white negative of David Garnett in his aeroplane in [Sussex]

Vanessa Bell
1933

Black and white negative of two unidentified girls. One [Pamela Fry] standing in front of a sculpture at Durbins, Guildford, Surrey, England

Vanessa Bell
°Ú³¦1913–14±Õ

Black and white negative of Elizabeth Watson and an unidentified female, seated a the dining room table at Charleston, Firle, Sussex

Vanessa Bell
°Ú³¦1913–14±Õ

Black and white negative of Barbara Bagenal standing by a large pond at Charleston, Firle, Sussex

Vanessa Bell
[c1930]

Black and white negative of a group posing in the garden at Charleston, Firle, Sussex

Vanessa Bell
1930

Black and white negative of Duncan Grant and Mrs Ethel Grant with a Cat in Cassis, near Marseille, France

Vanessa Bell
1928

Black and white negative of Clive Bell and Frances Patridge [on envelope] Marshall [on photograph] standing in front of the house at Charleston, Firle, Sussex

Vanessa Bell
[1928]

Black and white negative of George Herbert Duckworth holding a camera in the garden at Charleston, Firle, Sussex

Vanessa Bell
1930

Black and white negative of Julian Bell on the beach with a towel wrapped around his waist

Vanessa Bell
[1935]

Black and white negative of an unidentified female climbing a sculpture in the garden at Durbins, Guildford, Surrey, England

Vanessa Bell
date not known

Black and white negative of Clive Bell holding a tennis racket in the garden at Durbins, Guildford, Surrey, England

Vanessa Bell
1914

Black and white negative of Julian Bell standing next to Angelica Bell who is seated on the windowsill at ‘La Bergere’ in Cassis, near Marseille, France

Vanessa Bell
°Ú1928–9±Õ

Black and white negative of Janie Bussy and Angelica Bell posing in front of a wall, doing hand gestures at an exhibition in Paris, France

Vanessa Bell
1937

Black and white negative of Angelica Bell seated across Vanessa Bell’s lap at Charleston, Firle, Sussex

Vanessa Bell
1932
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