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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 161–180 of 913 objects

Black and white negative of Vanessa Bell and Molly McCarthy posing naked in a studio in front of a large painting

Vanessa Bell
date not known

Black and white negative of a naked female, posing in a studio in front of a large painting

Vanessa Bell
date not known

Black and white negative of Molly McCarthy standing naked with her hair down in a studio in front of a large painting

Vanessa Bell
date not known

Black and white negative of Vanessa Bell wearing a head scarf seated oustide the drawing room at Charleston, Firle, Sussex

Vanessa Bell
1926

Black and white negative of a unidentified female posing in the nude possibly at Charleston, Firle, Sussex

Vanessa Bell
date not known

Black and white negative of Judith Stephen standing with Quentin, Julian, Vanessa and Angelica Bell at Charleston, Firle, Sussex

Vanessa Bell
1924

Black and white negative of Julian, Quentin, Angelica and Vanessa Bell seated at the table in their garden in Cassis, France

Vanessa Bell
1928–30

Black and white negative of Julian with Angelica Bell on his knee and Quentin Bell with an open book

Vanessa Bell
1930–2

Black and white negative of Julian, Quentin, Angelica and Vanessa Bell seated at a table in the garden in Cassis, France

Vanessa Bell
1928–30

Black and white negative of Angelica Bell stroking a cat in the garden at Charleston, Firle, Sussex

Vanessa Bell
1936

Black and white negative of two unidentified children posing outdoors

Vanessa Bell
date not known

Black and white negative of Angelica and Julian Bell with Tony Pirie cleaning the small pond/pool at Charleston, Firle, Sussex

Vanessa Bell
1935

Black and white negative of Julian Bell with Tony Pirie cleaning the small pond/pool at Charleston, Firle, Sussex

Vanessa Bell
1935

Black and white negative of Julian Bell and Eve Younger with four unidentified children at the beach

Vanessa Bell
[1936]

Black and white negative of Charleston under snow, Firle, Sussex

Vanessa Bell
date not known

Black and white negative of Angelica Bell lying down on the ground, holding the sculpture of the bust of Julia Jackson made by [Carlo] Marochetti at Charleston, Firle, Sussex

Vanessa Bell
1930

Black and white negative of Angelica and Quentin Bell kneeling on the ground whilst holding the bust of Julia Jackson at Charleston, Firle, Sussex

Vanessa Bell
1930

Black and white negative of Duncan Grant, Eve Younger, Angelica Bell, Adrian Stephen and Angus Davidson, looking up, pointing to the sky at Charleston, Firle, Sussex

Vanessa Bell
1937

Black and white negative of Clive and Angelica Bell, looking at the seam of Clive’s hat, outdoors at Charleston, Firle, Sussex

Vanessa Bell
[1940]

Black and white negative of Raymond Mortimer seated in a long chair with a blanket, reading a book and Clive Bell seated, reading a journal in the garden at Charleston, Firle, Sussex

Vanessa Bell
³¦1940–1
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