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<p>Thanks for this letter and pictures. It is touching to share the
writer's excitement in her discovery. What a thrill! I love the
way things keep turning up!</p>
<p>Jean<br>
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 8/28/2016 11:26 AM, Kristin
Czarnecki wrote:<br>
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<p>Hello, Everyone,</p>
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<p>I received an utterly fascinating and spine-tingling email
yesterday and am sharing it with you now, below, with the
sender's blessing. I had no idea Woolf shared what we know as
"Nurse Lugton's Curtain" with Vanessa, let alone that Vanessa
then created art to go along with it. I've never seen this
beautiful painting and wondered if anyone else might be
familiar with it. I told Lisa that I'm certainly no art expert
but that it sure looks like an authentic Bell to me! I've
answered her queries as best I can and encouraged her to join
the IVWS. She told me in her next email that she (who
inherited the paintings) and her sister (who inherited the
books) are planning a summer trip to the Bell exhibition in
London and then to Monks House and Charleston. I've also told
her about the annual conference and that next year we're in
Reading. It would be fun to welcome her into our fold! </p>
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<span style="font-size:11pt">Kristin Czarnecki</span><br
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<div><span style="font-size:11pt">President, International
Virginia Woolf Society</span></div>
<div><span style="font-size:11pt">Associate Professor of
English</span><span style="font-size:11pt"></span><br>
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<div><span style="font-size:11pt">Georgetown College,
Pawling Hall 110</span></div>
<div><span style="font-size:11pt">Georgetown, KY 40324</span></div>
<div><span style="font-size:11pt">502-863-8132</span></div>
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face="Calibri, sans-serif" color="#000000"><b>From:</b>
Lisa Hubbert <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:lisa@hubbert.org"><lisa@hubbert.org></a><br>
<b>Sent:</b> Saturday, August 27, 2016 12:16 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> Kristin Czarnecki<br>
<b>Subject:</b> Query Regarding a Nurse Lugton
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<div>Dear Professor Czarnecki,
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<div class="">I was referred to you by Agatha Barc, a
librarian at Victoria University, when I wrote an inquiry
to the library regarding a curious illustration that I
recently inherited from my grandmother. Two months ago I
knew virtually nothing about Virginia Woolf or Vanessa
Bell, but since coming into possession of this little
mystery I have been on quest to learn more about both. I
understand that you have written about the illustrations
for
<i class="">Nurse Lugton’s Curtain</i>, so I am writing to
share this with you, and to ask if perhaps you have any
additional insights.</div>
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<div class="">To give you a little background, my
grandmother was an avid Bloomsbury fan. In her library
were many first edition VW books, as well as original
artwork by Vanessa Bell, Duncan Grant, Dora Carrington and
others. The most curious one is an illustration for <i
class="">Nurse Lugton’s Curtain</i>. It is stamped with
a “VB” in the bottom left corner. The composition bears
much in common with the illustration credited to Duncan
Grant that is at Victoria University - the cross-hatching
at the bottom of the frame, the position of the text
around the nurse’s body - even the handwriting. The Grant
illustration is generally cited to be from “196?,”
presumably created after the story was discovered in the
holograph of
<i class="">Mrs. Dalloway </i>in 1965. Knowing that Bell
passed away in 1961, I was unable to understand how the
illustration could have possibly been created by her. I
then uncovered that a typed manuscript of
<i class="">Nurse Lugton</i> had been found among the
Charleston Papers at Cambridge (<a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="https://janus.lib.cam.ac.uk/db/node.xsp?id=EAD%2FGBR%2F0272%2FPP%2FCHA%2F4%2F3"
class="" id="LPlnk946247">https://janus.lib.cam.ac.uk/db/node.xsp?id=EAD%2FGBR%2F0272%2FPP%2FCHA%2F4%2F3</a>).
This fact raises the possibility that the story circulated
between the sisters while they were both alive - that the
story had a life outside the pages of the<i class=""> Mrs.
Dalloway</i> manuscript.</div>
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<div class="">I have included a photo below. You can see the
hand of Vanessa Bell. The shape and position of the
nurse’s head, for example echoes Bell’s cover art for the
Hogarth publishing of
<i class="">Mr. Bennett and Mrs. Brown</i>. I have no real
way to know for certain that the illustration is by Bell,
except to reach out to experts, like you, who might be
able to give more insight. No response is required, but If
you do have any thoughts I would be most interested to
hear them. I would also be very interested in finding your
writing on the illustrations of<i class=""> Nurse Lugton
</i>if you could point me to where it might be purchased.</div>
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<div class="">In any case I hope you enjoy seeing the piece.
I have also included my other favorite, a portrait noted
on the back as “Portrait of the Artist’s Mother,” who
would be, of course, Julia Stephen. Both are absolute
treasures to me. Whether or not I uncover any additional
information, I have been the wonderful gift of discovery
of Bell’s art and Woolf’s words. </div>
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<div class="">Regards,</div>
<div class="">Lisa Hubbert</div>
<div class="">San Francisco, CA</div>
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