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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 521–540 of 913 objects

Black and white negative of a naked Teddy Wolfe seated on a millestone near Charleston, Firle, Sussex

Vanessa Bell
date not known

Black and white negative of Nellie Brittain holding Angelica Bell indoors at Charleston, Firle, Sussex

Vanessa Bell
1919

Black and white negative of Angelica Bell in her pram looking to one side, outdoors at Charleston, Firle, Sussex

Vanessa Bell
1919

Black and white negative of Nellie Brittain holding Angelica Bell and looking at the camera in the walled garden at Charleston, Firle, Sussex

Vanessa Bell
1919

Black and white negative of Nellie Brittain holding Angelica Bell whilst seated in the walled garden at Charleston, Firle, Sussex

Vanessa Bell
1919

Black and white negative of an unidentified female domestic servant holding an unidentified baby

Vanessa Bell
date not known

Black and white negative of Quentin and Julian Bell wearing their sailor outfits, outdoors at Charleston, Firle, Sussex

Vanessa Bell
1917

Black and white negative of unidentified female domestic servant holding an unidentified baby underneath an archway

Vanessa Bell
date not known

Black and white negative of Julian Bell, Anne Brereton and Quentin Bell on a small boat on a pond at Charleston, Firle, Sussex

Vanessa Bell
1919

Black and white negative of Vanessa Bell wrapped in a blanket at Charleston, Firle, Sussex

Vanessa Bell
1919

Black and white negative of Duncan Grant holding Angelica Bell tightly on his lap, outdoors at Charleston, Firle, Sussex

Vanessa Bell
1919

Black and white negative of Duncun Grant holdinga smiling Angelica Bell on his lap at Charleston, Firle, Sussex

Vanessa Bell
1919

Black and white negative of Julian Bell, Teddy Wolfe, Osbert Sitwell and Duncan Grant seated in the garden at Charleston, Firle, East Sussex

Vanessa Bell
1919

Black and white negative of Nellie Brittain holding Angelica Bell while Quentin and Julian Bell stand on either side at Charleston, Firle, Sussex

Vanessa Bell
1919

Black and white negative of Quentin and Julian Bell standing in sailors outfits, outdoors at Charleston, Firle, Sussex

Vanessa Bell
1919

Black and white negative of Julian and Quentin Bell seated with Anne Brereton standing in a boat on a pond in Charleston, Firle, Sussex

Vanessa Bell
1919

Black and white negative of Clive Bell holding a book and a cigarette, standing outdoors at Charleston, Firle, Sussex

Vanessa Bell
°Ú1917–19±Õ

Black and white negative of Osbert Sitwell seated on a rattan chair, outdoors at Charleston, Firle, Sussex

Vanessa Bell
1919

Black and white negative of Julian Bell posing in his shorts in front of the house at Asheham, Beddingham, Sussex

Vanessa Bell
1913

Black and white negative of Julian Bell posing next to his nurse at Asheham, Beddingham, Sussex

Vanessa Bell
[1913]
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