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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 241–260 of 913 objects

Black and white negative of Duncan Grant and Quentin Bell carrying Angelica Bell in their arms in the garden at Charleston, Firle, Sussex

Vanessa Bell
1927

Black and white negative of John Lehmann standing in the garden at Charleston, Firle, Sussex

Vanessa Bell
1931

Black and white negative of Frederick Ashton wearing a costume at Charleston, Firle, Sussex

Vanessa Bell
1932

Black and white negative of Clive Bell, seated on a balcony and smoking a cigar in Gordon Square, Bloomsbury, London

Vanessa Bell
1924

Black and white negative of Black and white negative of Frederick Ashton wearing a costume at Charleston, Firle, Sussex

Vanessa Bell
1932

Black and white negative of Frederick Ashton, Duncan Grant, Lydia Lopokova, William Chappell with a drink in the garden at Charleston, Firle, Sussex

Vanessa Bell
1932

Black and white negative of Vanessa Bell painting in her studio at Charleston, Firle, Sussex

Vanessa Bell
1936

Black and white negative of Virginia Woolf wearing a bonnet hat and a wool coat [in Studland or may be little talland house, Firle, Sussex]

Vanessa Bell
1910–12

Black and white negative of Julian Bell seated on a couch, holding a hat whilst Quentin Bell and Duncan Grant are seated at a dining table at ‘La Bergere’ in Cassis, near Marseille, France

Vanessa Bell
1929

Black and white negative of Clive Bell seated on the terrace in the garden at Charleston, Firle, Sussex

Vanessa Bell
1928

Black and white negative of Stephen Tomlin, Teddy Wolfe, Duncan Grant and Judith Bagenal standing on a chair while Angelica Bell is seated, outdoors at Charleston, Firle, Sussex

Vanessa Bell
1925

Black and white negative of Vanessa Bell seated near a barred window in Cassis, near Marseille, France

Vanessa Bell
c1928

Black and white negative of Vanessa Bell holding a cat [Ming] while Angelica Bell is crouching down on the lawn at Charleston, Firle, Sussex

Vanessa Bell
1937

Black and white negative of Adrian Stephen, Angus Davidson, Eve Younger, Angelica Bell and Duncan Grant outdoors at Charleston, Firle, Sussex

Vanessa Bell
1937

Black and white negative of a group standing outdoors at Charleston, Firle, Sussex

Vanessa Bell
1937

Black and white negative of Angelica Bell holding Virginia Woolf and Leonard Woolf arms with Judith Bagenal standing on the right side outdoors at ” La Bergere” in Cassis, near Marseille, France

Vanessa Bell
1929

Black and white negative of Angelica Bell with her arms around Duncan Grant’s neck while seated in front of a table in Cassis, near Marseille, France

Vanessa Bell
[1929]

Black and white negative of a close up of Julian Bell in the garden at Charesleton, Firle, Sussex

Vanessa Bell
[1930]

Black and white negative of a close up of Duncan Grant in the garden at Charleston, Firle, Sussex

Vanessa Bell
1930

Black and white negative of Quentin Bell close up in the garden at Charleston, Firle, Sussex

Vanessa Bell
1930
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