Julian Bell

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Julian Bell

by Unknown photographer
vintage snapshot print, 1923
3 7/8 in. x 3 in. (99 mm x 75 mm) image size
Given by Peter Stansky, 2012
Photographs Collection
NPG x136463

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  • Julian Bell (1908-1937), Poet; son of Vanessa Bell and Clive Bell. Sitter in 8 portraits.

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Vanessa and the children lived mostly at Charleston Farmhouse in East Sussex from 1916. It became their 'beloved' place in the country, the centre of what Quentin Bell described as 'Bloomsbury by the sea', the Woolfs' Monk's House being a short distance away at Rodmell.

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Current affairs

Stanley Baldwin begins the first of three terms of government as Conservative Prime Minister following the resignation of Andrew Bonar Law.

Art and science

Bolton Wanderers beat West Ham United in the first FA Cup Final at Wembley Stadium. The Cup Final was held at Wembley every year except during the war until 2000.

International

Hitler attempts to take power in Germany with the Munich Beer Hall Putsch. On the 8th November Hitler and the SA stormed a meeting of the ruling 'triumvirs' forcing them to support a march on Berlin. The coup, however, failed and Hitler was arrested and sentences to five years in prison.

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