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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 121–140 of 913 objects

Black and white negative of Duncan Grant sitting cross legged on the grass

Vanessa Bell
°Ú1911–12±Õ

Black and white negative of a group of five on a hill at Asheham, Beddingham, Sussex

Vanessa Bell
°Ú1911–12±Õ

Black and white negative of a group outside a church in [Firle]

Vanessa Bell
°Ú1911–12±Õ

Black and white negative of Oliver Strachey and Clive Bell playing badmington at Asheham, Beddingham, Sussex

Vanessa Bell
°Ú1912–13±Õ

Black and white negative of Clive Bell smoking a pipe, and Julian Bell seated outdoors at Asheham, Beddingham, Sussex

Vanessa Bell
1912

Black and white negative of Quentin Bell in his nurse’s arms in Studland, Dorset

Vanessa Bell
1910

Black and white negative of Duncan Grant, Vanessa and Quentin Bell standing outdoors in France

Vanessa Bell
[1938]

Black and white negative of Duncan Grant, Vanessa and Quentin Bell inside a vehicle outdoors in Cassis, France

Vanessa Bell
1938

Black and white negative of Duncan Grant seated near a tree in Cassis, France

Vanessa Bell
°Ú³¦1936–8±Õ

Black and white negative of a blurred interior with a cart

Vanessa Bell
°Ú³¦1936–8±Õ

Black and white negative of Angelica Bell’s friends dressed in summer clothes, seated in a garden in France

Vanessa Bell
°Ú³¦1936–8±Õ

Black and white negative of a blurred interior in France

Vanessa Bell
°Ú³¦1936–8±Õ

Black and white negative of a bridge over a river in France

Vanessa Bell
°Ú³¦1936–8±Õ

Black and white negative of Duncan Grant and Virginia Woolf with Garth the dog in Firle Park, Sussex

Vanessa Bell
1911–12

Black and white negative of Judith Bagenal, Angelica Bell, Angus Davidson and Duncan Grant sitting on an outside round table at La Bergere, Cassis, France

Vanessa Bell
1928

Black and white negative of Angus Davidson seated at a table at La Bergere, Cassis, France

Vanessa Bell
1928

Black and white negative of Angus Davidson wearing a wide brimmed sun hat outdoors at Charleston, Firle, Sussex

Vanessa Bell
[c1928]

Black and white negative of Molly McCarthy posing naked inside a studio at 46 Gordon Square, Bloomsbury, London

Vanessa Bell
³¦1913–14

Black and white negative of Duncan Grant posing naked in a studio at 46 Gordon Square, Bloomsbury, London

Vanessa Bell
date not known

Black and white negative of a naked man posing in a bedroom at Asheham, Beddingham, Sussex

Vanessa Bell
date not known
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