Lytton Strachey; Duncan Grant; (Arthur) Clive Bell
10 of 14 portraits by Vanessa Bell
Lytton Strachey; Duncan Grant; (Arthur) Clive Bell
by Vanessa Bell
enlarged snapshot print, 1922
8 1/2 in. x 6 1/2 in. (216 mm x 165 mm) image size
Purchased, 1979
Photographs Collection
NPG x21199
Sittersback to top
- (Arthur) Clive Heward Bell (1881-1964), Art critic. Sitter in 29 portraits. Identify
- Duncan Grant (1885-1978), Artist. Sitter associated with 31 portraits, Artist or producer of 9 portraits. Identify
- (Giles) Lytton Strachey (1880-1932), Critic and biographer; son of Sir Richard Strachey. Sitter in 144 portraits, Artist or producer associated with 5 portraits. Identify
Artistback to top
- Vanessa Bell (née Stephen) (1879-1961), Painter; sister of Virginia Woolf. Artist or producer associated with 14 portraits, Sitter in 21 portraits.
This portraitback to top
This snapshot, part of Vanessa's collection of photographs of family and friends, shows Grant with Clive Bell (1881-1964), who lived in the house for long periods of time, and Lytton Strachey (1880-1932) who was a regular visitor.
Placesback to top
- Place made and portrayed: United Kingdom: England, Sussex (garden, Grant's home, Charleston, Firle, Lewes, East Sussex)
Events of 1922back to top
Current affairs
The British Broadcasting Company (later British Broadcasting Corporation) is established to experiment with radio broadcasting. It is the largest broadcasting corporation in the world, providing radio, television and Internet services to the public in Britain and across the world.Art and science
1922 is a key year for modernist literature with the publication of James Joyce's novel, Ulysses and T.S. Eliot's poem, The Waste Land. Both broke new ground with Ulysses (loosely based on Homer's Odyssey) introducing the 'stream of consciousness' narrative technique, and The Waste Land experimenting with multiple voices and a patchwork of literary, historic, mythological and personal allusions.International
The Soviet Union is formed under Joseph Stalin who takes power after Lenin suffers a debilitating stroke.In an attempt to avoid civil war, King Victor Emmanuel III of Italy invites Benito Mussolini to form a new government following the Fascist Party's March on Rome.
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