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Photograph albums and negatives by Vanessa Bell

ڳ.1870–1947

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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
ڳ.1870–1947
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 201–220 of 913 objects

Black and white negative of Duncan Grant (standing), E.M. Forster (standing), Clive Bell and Mary Hutchinson (seated) in the walled garden at Charleston, Firle, Sussex

Vanessa Bell
1923

Black and white negative of Angelica Bell wearing a cape with Clive Bell seated, smoking with a pipe in the walled garden at Charleston, Firle, Sussex

Vanessa Bell
1925–6

Black and white negative of Vanessa Bell and Helen Anrep wearing a head scarf at Villa Corsica, Cassis, near Marseille, France

Vanessa Bell
1927

Black and white negative of Vanessa Bell holding her right knee indoors [possibly in Cassis, near Marseille, France]

Vanessa Bell
date not known

Black and white negative of Duncan Grant, Frances Patridge and Raymond mortimer standing in the garden at Charleston, Firle, Sussex

Vanessa Bell
1928

Black and white negative of Duncan Grant seated on a table, cross-legged outside the drawing room at Charleston, Firle, Sussex

Vanessa Bell
1933–5

Black and white negative of David Garnett, Angelica Bell, Virginia Woolf and Duncan Grant posing in front of the garden wall at Charleston, Firle, Sussex

Vanessa Bell
1940–1

Black and white negative of Vanessa Bell and Duncan Grant with Angelica Bell shown on a ladder looking at a hole in the wall in Vanessa Bell’s studio at Charleston, Firle, Sussex

Vanessa Bell
1939

Black and white negative of Angus Davidson, Vanessa Bell and Duncan Grant seated on the lawn near a pond at Charleston, Firle, Sussex

Vanessa Bell
1936

Black and white negative of Angelica Bell, Duncan Grant [?], David Garnett outdoors at Charleston, Firle, Sussex

Vanessa Bell
1938–9

Black and white negative of Oliver Strachey and Duncan Grant, shaking hands outdoors at Charleston, Firle, Sussex

Vanessa Bell
1933

Black and white negative of Adrian Stephen photographed at an ancient monument “Laughton place” at Charleston, Firle, Sussex

Vanessa Bell
1937

Black and white negative of Vanessa Bell wearing a hat and crouching down at the side of Angelica Bell seen wearing a head scarf in the garden at Charleston, Firle, Sussex

Vanessa Bell
1920–1

Black and white negative of Quentin Bell with Virginia and Leonard Woolf, Quentin is seen playing with Virginia’s head/hair

Vanessa Bell
1930

Black and white negative of Julian, Quentin and Angelica Bell smiling, seated outdoors at Charleston, Firle, Sussex

Vanessa Bell
1931

Black and white negative of Clive Bell seated with a pipe indoors at Charleston, Firle, Sussex

Vanessa Bell
1923

Black and white negative of Elizabeth Carr, Francis Birrell and Angelica Bell performing “Les Precieuses Ridicules” in fancy costumes outdoors at Charleston, Firle, Sussex

Vanessa Bell
1931

Black and white negative of Clive Bell and Raymond Mortimer standing in front of the house at ” La Bergere” Cassis, near Marseille, France

Vanessa Bell
1928

Black and white negative of Eve Younger and Angelica Bell dressed as Dr Watson and Sherlock Holmes in the garden at Charleston, Firle, Sussex

Vanessa Bell
1931

Black and white negative of Angelica Bell dressed with a coat and a hat, standing whilst holding a suitcase at Charleston, Firle, Sussex

Vanessa Bell
1930
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