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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 341–360 of 913 objects

Black and white negative of Black and white negative of Angelica Bell wearing a braid crown with her right arm around an unidentified female friend in the walled garden at Charleston, Firle, Sussex

Vanessa Bell
1935

Black and white negative of Angelica Bell with braided hair, dressed in costume for a play outdoors at Charleston, Firle, Sussex

Vanessa Bell
1935

Black and white negative of Duncan Grant and Angelica Bell seated on a metal fence in a field at Charleston, Firle, Sussex

Vanessa Bell
1935

Black and white negative of Angelica Bell seen from profile, taking a photograph outdoors at Charleston, Firle, Sussex

Vanessa Bell
1935

Black and white negative of Julian Bell holding a boat mast and Eddy Playfair near a table outdoors at Charleston, Firle, Sussex

Vanessa Bell
1935

Black and white negative of Julian and Quentin Bell making the mast of a boat outdoors at Charleston, Firle, Sussex

Vanessa Bell
1935

Black and white negative of Angelica Bell posing on the lawn in fancy dress by the pond at Charleston, Firle, Sussex

Vanessa Bell
[c1936]

Black and white negative of Angelica Bell posing on the lawn in fancy dress holding her shawl by the pond at Charleston, Firle, Sussex

Vanessa Bell
[c1936]

Black and white negative of Ruff the cat seated on top of a rock in the pond at Charleston, Firle, Sussex

Vanessa Bell
1937

Black and white negative of a unidentified baby

Vanessa Bell
date not known

Black and white negative of Ruff the cat seated on top of a rock that is floating on the pond at Charleston, Firle, Sussex

Vanessa Bell
1937

Black and white negative of Angelica Bell holding a jar, kneeling with her head rested on Quentin Bell

Vanessa Bell
1936

Black and white negative of an unidentified baby in a pram

Vanessa Bell
date not known

Black and white negative of Angelica Bell holding a toy boat outdoors at Charleston, Firle, Sussex

Vanessa Bell
1923

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

Vanessa Bell
[c1923]

Black and white negative of Angelica Bell seated on a caned chair, playing with a cat, indoors at Charleston, Firle, Sussex

Vanessa Bell
°Ú1920–3±Õ

Black and white negative of Judith Stephen and Angelica Bell with a miniature tea set on a small table, outdoors at Charleston, Firle, Sussex

Vanessa Bell
1923

Black and white negative of Angelica Bell, Judith Stephen and a cat, in a window at Charleston, Firle, Sussex

Vanessa Bell
1923

Black and white negative of Angelica Bell kneeling down, playing with a small toy boat at Charleston, Firle, Sussex

Vanessa Bell
1923

Black and white negative of Quentin and Angelica Bell seated on the ground, playing with a small toy boat at Charleston, Firle, Sussex

Angelica Garnett, Vanessa Bell
1923
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