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Photograph albums and negatives by Vanessa Bell

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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 321–340 of 913 objects

Black and white negative of Julian Bell and Charles Mauron standing on the lawn at Charleston, Firle, Sussex

Vanessa Bell
1935

Black and white negative of Julian Bell wearing a tropical suit and pith helmet, standing in the garden at Charleston, Firle, Sussex

Vanessa Bell
1935

Black and white negative of Julian Bell, Janie Bussy, Quentin and Angelica Bell acting in a play by the pond at Charleston, Firle, Sussex

Vanessa Bell
1935

Black and white negative of Julian Bell wearing a tropical suit and pith helmet, standing in the garden at Charleston, Firle, Sussex

Vanessa Bell
1935

Black and white negative of Julian Bell wearing a tropical suit and pith helmet, and holding a shotgun under his arm at Charleston, Firle, Sussex

Vanessa Bell
1935

Black and white negative of Julian Bell holding his pith helmet in hands next to his dog [Clinker] in front of the house at Charleston, Firle, Sussex

Vanessa Bell
1935

Black and white negative of Julian Bell wearing a tropical suit and pith helmet, standing by the doorway at Charleston, Firle, Sussex

Vanessa Bell
1935

Black and white negative of Julian Bell standing near a lake, wearing his tropical suit and pith helmet holding a shotgun and raising his other arm at Charleston, Firle, Sussex

Vanessa Bell
1935

Black and white negative of Julian Bell and Tony Pirie in bathing suits with Angelica Bell wearing a white dress by the pond at Charleston, Firle, Sussex

Vanessa Bell
1935

Black and white negative of Julian Bell and Tony Pirie in bathing suits cleaning the pond in the garden at Charleston, Firle, Sussex

Vanessa Bell
1935

Black and white negative of Julian Bell and Tony Pirie in bathing suits bending down inside a small pond, Angelica Bell standing next to them at Charleston, Firle, Sussex

Vanessa Bell
1935

Black and white negative of Julian Bell in a bathing suit holding a canvas over a small pond at Charleston, Firle, Sussex

Vanessa Bell
1935

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

Vanessa Bell
1935

Black and white negative of Julian Bell and Tony Pirie standing behind potted lilies at Charleston, Firle, Sussex

Vanessa Bell
1935

Black and white negative of Angelica Bell as Ophelia half submerged in the water with her arms out and looking up at Charleston, Firle, Sussex

Vanessa Bell
1935

Black and white negative of Angelica Bell as Ophelia with the bottom part of her body submerged in the water at Charleston, Firle, Sussex

Vanessa Bell
1935

Black and white negative of Angelica Bell as Ophelia with her eyes closed at Charleston, Firle, Sussex

Vanessa Bell
1935

Black and white negative of Angelica Bell wearing a braid crown, standing with an unidenfied female friend in the walled garden at Charleston, Firle, Sussex

Vanessa Bell
1935

Black and white negative of Grace Higgens [nee Germany] and her son Peter John near a drawing indoors [at Charleston, Firle, Sussex]

Vanessa Bell
°Ú1935–6±Õ

Black and white negative of Grace Higgens [nee Germany] and her son Peter John in her arms in the walled garden at Charleston, Firle, Sussex

Vanessa Bell
1936
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