[Vwoolf] Vwoolf Digest, Vol 51, Issue 6

Sun Aug 28 16:35:36 EDT 2016

I for one would love to know what Carrington materials her family has!

Gretchen Gerzina

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       1. Re: Fw: Query Regarding a Nurse Lugton Illustration
          (Jean Mallinson)

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    Date: Sun, 28 Aug 2016 12:51:20 -0700
    From: Jean Mallinson <annaj at telus.net>
    To: vwoolf at lists.osu.edu
    Subject: Re: [Vwoolf] Fw: Query Regarding a Nurse Lugton Illustration
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    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!

    Jean

    On 8/28/2016 11:26 AM, Kristin Czarnecki wrote:
    >
    > Hello, Everyone,
    >
    >
    > 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!
    >
    >
    > Best,
    >
    >
    > Kristin
    >
    >
    > Kristin Czarnecki
    > President, International Virginia Woolf Society
    > Associate Professor of English
    > Georgetown College, Pawling Hall 110
    > Georgetown, KY 40324
    > 502-863-8132
    >
    >
    >
    >
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    > *From:* Lisa Hubbert <lisa at hubbert.org>
    > *Sent:* Saturday, August 27, 2016 12:16 PM
    > *To:* Kristin Czarnecki
    > *Subject:* Query Regarding a Nurse Lugton Illustration
    > Dear Professor Czarnecki,
    >
    > 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 /Nurse Lugton?s Curtain/, so I am writing 
    > to share this with you, and to ask if perhaps you have any additional 
    > insights.
    >
    > 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 /Nurse Lugton?s 
    > Curtain/. 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 /Mrs. Dalloway /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 /Nurse Lugton/ had been found among the Charleston 
    > Papers at Cambridge 
    > (https://janus.lib.cam.ac.uk/db/node.xsp?id=EAD%2FGBR%2F0272%2FPP%2FCHA%2F4%2F3). 
    > 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/Mrs. Dalloway/ manuscript.
    >
    > 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 /Mr. Bennett and Mrs. Brown/. 
    > 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/Nurse 
    > Lugton /if you could point me to where it might be purchased.
    >
    > 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.
    >
    > Regards,
    > Lisa Hubbert
    > San Francisco, CA
    >
    >
    >
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