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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 701–720 of 913 objects

Black and white negative of Duncan Grant painting at an easel, outdoors in Cassis, near Marseille, France

Vanessa Bell
[1938]

Black and white negative of Elise Anghilanti holding flowers in her hands, standing near a tree in Cassis, near Marseille, France

Vanessa Bell
[1938]

Black and white negative of Angelica Bell posing with one hand on a wooden pole and the other hand on her waist, outdoors in Cassis, near Marseille, France

Vanessa Bell
1938

Black and white negative of Elise Anghilanti, Duncan Grant and Vanessa Bell standing in front of a wall in Cassis, near Marseille, France

Vanessa Bell
1938

Black and white negative of Angelica Bell squatting whilst looking at the camera, outdoors in Cassis, near Marseille, France

Vanessa Bell
1938

Black and white negative of Grace Higgens holding John in her arms, indoors at Charleston, Firle, Sussex

Vanessa Bell
1936–7

Black and white negative of Grace Higgens holding John in her arms, indoors in front of a large mirror at Charleston, Firle, Sussex

Vanessa Bell
1936–8

Black and white negative of a group of unidentified children in Italy

Vanessa Bell
[1935]

Black and white negative of Duncan Grant and Angelica Bell sitting among the ruins at Paestum, Italy

Vanessa Bell
1935

Black and white negative of Angelica Bell in profile, opening a window at Charleston, Firle, Sussex

Vanessa Bell
1936–7

Black and white negative of Angelica Bell playing the recorder in an open window at ‘La Bergere, Cassis, near Marseille, France

Vanessa Bell
1937

Black and white negative of Charles and Marie Mauron outdoors at Charleston, Firle, Sussex

Vanessa Bell
1937

Black and white negative of David Garnett standing behind an aeroplane on a field at Charleston, Firle, Sussex

Vanessa Bell
1933

Black and white negative of Duncan Grant standing with his mother Ethel in front of the hut in Charleston, Firle, Sussex

Vanessa Bell
1933

Black and white negative of Angelica Bell seated on Duncan Grant’s lap with her arm around his neck, in front of an open door at Charleston, Firle, Sussex

Vanessa Bell
1933

Black and white negative of David Garnett next to an aeroplane at Charleston, Firle, Sussex

Vanessa Bell
1933

Black and white negative of the front of David Garnett’s aeroplane in a field at Charleston, Firle, Sussex

Vanessa Bell
1933

Black and white negative of an unidentified baby seated on a blanket, outdoors in a field

Vanessa Bell
date not known

Black and white negative of an unidentified child standing in a field with an unidentified male

Vanessa Bell
date not known

Black and white negative of two unidentified children and an adult seated in a field

Vanessa Bell
date not known
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