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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 261–280 of 913 objects

Black and white negative of E. Morgan Forster seated in the garden at Charleston, Firle, Sussex

Vanessa Bell
1923

Black and white negative of Quentin Bell seated in front of a table, with an open book whilst Angelica Bell is resting her head on his left shoulder at Villa Corsica, Cassis, near Marseille, France

Vanessa Bell
1927

Black and white negative of Angelica Bell holding a dog (Clinker) in the garden at Charleston, Firle, Sussex

Vanessa Bell
1932

Black and white negative of “La bergere” in Cassis, Near Marseille, France seen from the road

Vanessa Bell
1928

Black and white negative of Clive Bell seated, wearing a hat with Angelica Bell holding his shoulders and looking up at the camera indoors at ‘La Bergere’ in Cassis, near Marseille, France

Vanessa Bell
1927

Black and white negative of Elise Anghilanti wearing an apron and Grace Germany, standing in front of “La Bergere” in Cassis, near Marseille, France

Vanessa Bell
1928

Black and white negative of Grace Germany seated on the balcony with Angelica Bell at “Villa Corsica” Cassis, near Marseille, France

Vanessa Bell
1927

Black and white negative of David Garnett with his left arm around Raymond Mortimer shoulder in front of the wall in the garden at Charleston, Firle, Sussex

Vanessa Bell
1930

Black and white negative of Angelica Bell wearing a bow in her hair, standing by a door at “Villa Corsica” in Cassis, near Marseille, France

Vanessa Bell
1927

Black and white negative of Julian and Angelica Bell with Judith Bagenal at Charleston, Firle, Sussex

Vanessa Bell
1930

Black and white negative of Janie Bussy wearing a white dress, standing in front of the window at Charleston, Firle, Sussex

Vanessa Bell
1930

Black and white negative of Julian Bell and Elizabeth Watson in bathing suits, outdoors at Charleston, Firle, Sussex

Vanessa Bell
1930

Black and white negative of Angelica Bell seated in a tree with leaves in her arms in Cassis [possibly Villa Corsica]

Vanessa Bell
1927

Black and white negative of Duncan Grant seated, smoking at “La Bergere” in Cassis, near Marseille, France

Vanessa Bell
1932

Black and white negative of Julian, Angelica and Quentin Bell in the garden at Charleston, Firle, Sussex

Vanessa Bell
1932

Black and white negative of Quentin Bell wearing a suit, seated on a low wall at “La Bergere” in Cassis, near Marseille, France

Vanessa Bell
1929

Black and white negative of Vanessa Bell wearing a broad brimmed hat in a car in Cassis, near Marseille, France

Vanessa Bell
[c1928]

Black and white negative of Chattie Salaman posing in front of a screen, wearing a victorian dress at Charleston, Firle, Sussex

Vanessa Bell
1941–2

Black and white negative of Julian Bell dressed for China, wearing a colonial hat outdoors at Charleston, Firle, Sussex

Vanessa Bell
1935

Black and white negative of Clive and Cory Bell, seated in the garden at “La Bergere” in Cassis, near Marseille, France

Vanessa Bell
1928
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