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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 821–840 of 913 objects

Black and white negative of Julian C. Bell seated on a velvet couch looking up, indoors at Newcastle upon Tyne

Vanessa Bell
1953

Black and white negative of Anne Olivier Bell seated with Julian C. Bell on her lap, indoors at Newcastle upon Tyne

Vanessa Bell
1953

Black and white negative of Julian C. Bell holding an unidentified object, seated on a velvet couch at Newcastle upon Tyne

Vanessa Bell
1953

Black and white negative of Julian C. Bell seated on a velvet armchair and Anne Olivier Bell squatting down behind him at Newcastle upon Tyne

Vanessa Bell
1953

Black and white negative of Angelica Bell, outdoors at Cassis, near Marseille, France

Vanessa Bell
[1938]

Black and white negative of Duncan Grant, Angelica and Vanessa Bell standing in front of a car, outdoors at Cassis, near Marseille, France

Vanessa Bell
1938

Black and white negative of Angelica Bell, Duncan Grant and Clive Bell standing behind a car at Cassis, near Marseille, France

Vanessa Bell
[1938]

Black and white negative of Angelica Bell seated on a windowsill, playing with a doll at Charleston, Firle, Sussex

Vanessa Bell
1929

Black and white negative of Valerian Wellesley working with clay on a table at Charleston, Firle, Sussex

Vanessa Bell
1929

Black and white negative of Elizabeth Wellesley working with clay on a table at Charleston, Firle, Sussex

Vanessa Bell
1929

Black and white negative of a group in and around a car in front of the house at Charleston, Firle, Sussex

Vanessa Bell
c1930

Black and white negative of Valerian Wellesley working with clay, in front of a large bowl at Charleston, Firle, Sussex

Vanessa Bell
1929

Black and white negative of Quentin and Angelica Bell holding a portrait bust of Julia Stephen at Charleston, Firle, Sussex

Vanessa Bell
1930

Black and white negative of Elizabeth Wellesley seated on a table at Charleston, Firle, Sussex

Vanessa Bell
1929

Black and white negative of Elizabeth and Valerian Wellesley seated at a table in front of a large bowl at Charleston, Firle, Sussex

Vanessa Bell
1929

Black and white negative of Elizabeth Wellesley and Angelica Bell seated at a table, working with clay at Charleston, Firle, Sussex

Vanessa Bell
1929

Black and white negative of Angelica Bell kneeling down next to some flowers at Charleston, Firle, Sussex

Vanessa Bell
°Ú1929–30±Õ

Black and white negative of Olivier Bell holding Julian C. Bell in the garden at Charleston, Firle, Sussex

Vanessa Bell
1953

Black and white negative of Olivier Bell holding Julian C. Bell in the garden at Charleston, Firle, Sussex

Vanessa Bell
1953

Black and white negative of Julian C. Bell seated on Olivier Bell’s lap in the garden at Charleston, Firle, Sussex

Vanessa Bell
1953
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