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Bloomsbury Set Collection

The Bloomsbury Set, a group of intellectuals and artists who thrived in the early 20th century, left an indelible mark on the cultural landscape

Background imageBloomsbury Set Collection: Pony Gymkhana at Breamore House, Salisbury. Miss Fanny Fletcher, Miss Vivien John

Pony Gymkhana at Breamore House, Salisbury. Miss Fanny Fletcher, Miss Vivien John, Lieutenant Caspar John, Mr Augustus John and Honorable Lady Lettice Ashley Cooper

Background imageBloomsbury Set Collection: Mountain Church, Larrau (oil on canvas)

Mountain Church, Larrau (oil on canvas)
BLW270554 Mountain Church, Larrau (oil on canvas) by Carrington, Dora (1893-1932); Private Collection; Photo eThe Bloomsbury Workshop, London; English, out of copyright

Background imageBloomsbury Set Collection: Lytton Strachey, (1880-1932) 1916 (oil on canvas)

Lytton Strachey, (1880-1932) 1916 (oil on canvas)
BAL10491 Lytton Strachey, (1880-1932) 1916 (oil on canvas) by Carrington, Dora (1893-1932); 68.6x73.6 cm; Private Collection; English, out of copyright

Background imageBloomsbury Set Collection: Virginia Woolf, 1902 (b / w photo)

Virginia Woolf, 1902 (b / w photo)
XJF359046 Virginia Woolf, 1902 (b/w photo) by Beresford, George Charles (1864-1938); Private Collection; (add.info.: Virginia Woolf (nee Stephen) (1882-1941) English writer; ); English

Background imageBloomsbury Set Collection: Sophia Farrell and maids, 1899 (b / w photo)

Sophia Farrell and maids, 1899 (b / w photo)
XJF391585 Sophia Farrell and maids, 1899 (b/w photo) by English Photographer, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Sophia Farrell (dates unknown), shown standing on the right

Background imageBloomsbury Set Collection: Provence, c. 1925 (oil on canvas)

Provence, c. 1925 (oil on canvas)
3432727 Provence, c.1925 (oil on canvas) by Fry, Roger Eliot (1866-1934); 45.7x61 cm; Private Collection; Photo eChristies Images; English, out of copyright

Background imageBloomsbury Set Collection: Invitation for the Omega Workshop (w / c on paper)

Invitation for the Omega Workshop (w / c on paper)
PNH352789 Invitation for the Omega Workshop (w/c on paper) by Fry, Roger Eliot (1866-1934); 19x14 cm; Private Collection; (add.info)

Background imageBloomsbury Set Collection: Wet winter evening and a book lover in Bloomsbury (b / w photo)

Wet winter evening and a book lover in Bloomsbury (b / w photo)
3637677 Wet winter evening and a book lover in Bloomsbury (b/w photo) by English Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Wet winter evening and a book lover in Bloomsbury)

Background imageBloomsbury Set Collection: Portrait of Edith Sitwell (1887-1964), 1915 (oil on canvas)

Portrait of Edith Sitwell (1887-1964), 1915 (oil on canvas)
SAG52936 Portrait of Edith Sitwell (1887-1964), 1915 (oil on canvas) by Fry, Roger Eliot (1866-1934); 61x46 cm; Sheffield Galleries and Museums Trust

Background imageBloomsbury Set Collection: Soldiers at a Stream, 1920 (w / c on paper)

Soldiers at a Stream, 1920 (w / c on paper)
3493887 Soldiers at a Stream, 1920 (w/c on paper) by Carrington, Dora (1893-1932); Private Collection; (add.info.: Travelling through Spain to visit Gerald Brenan, Carrington)

Background imageBloomsbury Set Collection: Mecklenburgh Square, Bloomsbury (b / w photo)

Mecklenburgh Square, Bloomsbury (b / w photo)
3637687 Mecklenburgh Square, Bloomsbury (b/w photo) by English Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Mecklenburgh Square, Bloomsbury)

Background imageBloomsbury Set Collection: Street scene and the British Museum (coloured engraving)

Street scene and the British Museum (coloured engraving)
605386 Street scene and the British Museum (coloured engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Street scene and the British Museum, in Bloomsbury, London)

Background imageBloomsbury Set Collection: St Georges Church, Bloomsbury (engraving)

St Georges Church, Bloomsbury (engraving)
3636828 St Georges Church, Bloomsbury (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: St Georges Church, Bloomsbury)

Background imageBloomsbury Set Collection: Portrait of Virginia Woolf, 1927 (photo)

Portrait of Virginia Woolf, 1927 (photo)
3557540 Portrait of Virginia Woolf, 1927 (photo) by English Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Adeline Virginia Woolf (1882 - 1941)

Background imageBloomsbury Set Collection: Ennui, 1917-18 (oil on canvas) (see also 142951 and 617723)

Ennui, 1917-18 (oil on canvas) (see also 142951 and 617723)
AMO138791 Ennui, 1917-18 (oil on canvas) (see also 142951 and 617723) by Sickert, Walter Richard (1860-1942); Ashmolean Museum, University of Oxford

Background imageBloomsbury Set Collection: Portrait of John Maynard Keynes (1883-1946) (oil on canvas)

Portrait of John Maynard Keynes (1883-1946) (oil on canvas)
STC195004 Portrait of John Maynard Keynes (1883-1946) (oil on canvas) by Fry, Roger Eliot (1866-1934); Private Collection; (add.info)

Background imageBloomsbury Set Collection: Tulips in a Staffordshire Jug (oil on canvas)

Tulips in a Staffordshire Jug (oil on canvas)
1766637 Tulips in a Staffordshire Jug (oil on canvas) by Carrington, Dora (1893-1932); 71x66 cm; Private Collection; (add.info.: Tulips in a Staffordshire Jug. Dora Carrington (1893-1932)

Background imageBloomsbury Set Collection: Giraffe Cabinet, 1915-16 (wood)

Giraffe Cabinet, 1915-16 (wood)
2962612 Giraffe Cabinet, 1915-16 (wood) by Fry, Roger Eliot (1866-1934); 214x116 cm; Manchester Art Gallery, UK; (add.info.: Made by John Joseph Kallenborn (1866-1934)); © Manchester Art Gallery

Background imageBloomsbury Set Collection: Chiswick House (oil on canvas)

Chiswick House (oil on canvas)
MAN277433 Chiswick House (oil on canvas) by Fry, Roger Eliot (1866-1934); 46.2x62.5 cm; Manchester Art Gallery, UK; (add.info)

Background imageBloomsbury Set Collection: Childrens Shelter, Harpur Street (engraving)

Childrens Shelter, Harpur Street (engraving)
1614802 Childrens Shelter, Harpur Street (engraving) by Almond, William Douglas (1866-1916); Private Collection; (add.info.: Childrens Shelter, Harpur Street)

Background imageBloomsbury Set Collection: Portrait of George Mallory, 1923 (photo)

Portrait of George Mallory, 1923 (photo)
2966305 Portrait of George Mallory, 1923 (photo) by Underwood & Underwood (c.1881-1940); Private Collection; (add.info.: George Herbert Leigh Mallory (1886 - 1924)

Background imageBloomsbury Set Collection: The First Italian Hospital in London, Queens Square, Bloomsbury (engraving)

The First Italian Hospital in London, Queens Square, Bloomsbury (engraving)
1055314 The First Italian Hospital in London, Queens Square, Bloomsbury (engraving) by Durand, Godefroy (1832-1896); Private Collection; (add.info.: The First Italian Hospital in London)

Background imageBloomsbury Set Collection: Portrait of Sir Leslie Stephen (1832-1904) (litho)

Portrait of Sir Leslie Stephen (1832-1904) (litho)
STC170375 Portrait of Sir Leslie Stephen (1832-1904) (litho) by Rothenstein, William (1872-1945); Private Collection; (add.info)

Background imageBloomsbury Set Collection: Portrait of E. M. Forster (1879-1970), 1923 (litho)

Portrait of E. M. Forster (1879-1970), 1923 (litho)
STC170801 Portrait of E.M. Forster (1879-1970), 1923 (litho) by Rothenstein, William (1872-1945); Private Collection; (add.info)

Background imageBloomsbury Set Collection: Le Sacre-Coeur, Montmartre, 1920 (oil on canvas)

Le Sacre-Coeur, Montmartre, 1920 (oil on canvas)
2975703 Le Sacre-Coeur, Montmartre, 1920 (oil on canvas) by Fry, Roger Eliot (1866-1934); 45.7x61 cm; Private Collection; Photo eChristies Images; English, out of copyright

Background imageBloomsbury Set Collection: Still Life with Apples, Plums and a Jug, 1919 (oil on canvas)

Still Life with Apples, Plums and a Jug, 1919 (oil on canvas)
657981 Still Life with Apples, Plums and a Jug, 1919 (oil on canvas) by Fry, Roger Eliot (1866-1934); 35.5x45.8 cm; Private Collection; (add.info.: Still Life with Apples, Plums and a Jug)

Background imageBloomsbury Set Collection: Clivia, 1917 (oil on canvas)

Clivia, 1917 (oil on canvas)
3493892 Clivia, 1917 (oil on canvas) by Fry, Roger Eliot (1866-1934); Private Collection; (add.info.: One of twenty paintings exhibited at the Carfax Gallery in November 1917 which nearly all sold)

Background imageBloomsbury Set Collection: Church of St Marylebone in Middlesex and Church of St George in Bloomsbury, London (engraving)

Church of St Marylebone in Middlesex and Church of St George in Bloomsbury, London (engraving)
983868 Church of St Marylebone in Middlesex and Church of St George in Bloomsbury, London (engraving) by English School, (18th century); Private Collection; (add.info)

Background imageBloomsbury Set Collection: Chemists Shop, Great Russell Street, Bloomsbury (engraving)

Chemists Shop, Great Russell Street, Bloomsbury (engraving)
583727 Chemists Shop, Great Russell Street, Bloomsbury (engraving) by Whittock, Nathaniel (1791-1860); Private Collection; (add.info.: Chemists Shop, Great Russell Street, Bloomsbury)

Background imageBloomsbury Set Collection: Self portrait (oil on canvas)

Self portrait (oil on canvas)
STC398753 Self portrait (oil on canvas) by Fry, Roger Eliot (1866-1934); Private Collection; (add.info.: Roger Elliot Fry (1866-1934)

Background imageBloomsbury Set Collection: Sir Leslie Stephen, 1889 (etching)

Sir Leslie Stephen, 1889 (etching)
XJF380207 Sir Leslie Stephen, 1889 (etching) by Merritt, Anna Lea (1844-1930); Private Collection; (add.info.: Sir Leslie Stephen (1832-1904)

Background imageBloomsbury Set Collection: Trade card, Burch (engraving)

Trade card, Burch (engraving)
733938 Trade card, Burch (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Trade card, Burch, importer of Irish linens, 35 Great Russell Street, Bloomsbury)

Background imageBloomsbury Set Collection: Attack by a servant girl on her young master in Bloomsbury (engraving)

Attack by a servant girl on her young master in Bloomsbury (engraving)
736049 Attack by a servant girl on her young master in Bloomsbury (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info)

Background imageBloomsbury Set Collection: Figure Resting under a Tree, St. Agnes, 1915 (oil on canvas)

Figure Resting under a Tree, St. Agnes, 1915 (oil on canvas)
2639847 Figure Resting under a Tree, St. Agnes, 1915 (oil on canvas) by Fry, Roger Eliot (1866-1934); 91.4x71 cm; Private Collection; (add.info.: Pippa Strachey, an acquaintance of the artist)

Background imageBloomsbury Set Collection: Key to the View of London and the Lord Mayors Show from St Pauls (engraving)

Key to the View of London and the Lord Mayors Show from St Pauls (engraving)
1596246 Key to the View of London and the Lord Mayors Show from St Pauls (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info)

Background imageBloomsbury Set Collection: Portrait of Vanessa Bell, 1911 (panel)

Portrait of Vanessa Bell, 1911 (panel)
JAG76109 Portrait of Vanessa Bell, 1911 (panel) by Fry, Roger Eliot (1866-1934); 27.7x28.8 cm; Johannesburg Art Gallery, South Africa; eJohannesburg Art Gallery; English, out of copyright

Background imageBloomsbury Set Collection: Reproduction of a Carpet Design for the Omega Workshop (textile)

Reproduction of a Carpet Design for the Omega Workshop (textile)
BLW105234 Reproduction of a Carpet Design for the Omega Workshop (textile) by Fry, Roger Eliot (1866-1934); Private Collection; Photo eThe Bloomsbury Workshop, London; English, out of copyright

Background imageBloomsbury Set Collection: An Evening in Venice, c. 1910 (oil on canvas)

An Evening in Venice, c. 1910 (oil on canvas)
NUL112407 An Evening in Venice, c.1910 (oil on canvas) by Mackie, Charles Hodge (1862-1920); 119x150 cm; Private Collection; Scottish, out of copyright

Background imageBloomsbury Set Collection: Still Life of Fish, 1928 (oil on canvas)

Still Life of Fish, 1928 (oil on canvas)
FIT57619 Still Life of Fish, 1928 (oil on canvas) by Fry, Roger Eliot (1866-1934); 46.7x55.3 cm; Fitzwilliam Museum, University of Cambridge, UK; eFitzwilliam Museum; English, out of copyright

Background imageBloomsbury Set Collection: La Ciotat, near Marseilles, 1923 (oil)

La Ciotat, near Marseilles, 1923 (oil)
BON44133 La Ciotat, near Marseilles, 1923 (oil) by Fry, Roger Eliot (1866-1934); Private Collection; Photo eBonhams, London, UK; English, out of copyright

Background imageBloomsbury Set Collection: Tulips in a Staffordshire Jug (oil on canvas)

Tulips in a Staffordshire Jug (oil on canvas)
CH401909 Tulips in a Staffordshire Jug (oil on canvas) by Carrington, Dora (1893-1932); 71.1x66 cm; Private Collection; Photo eChristies Images; English, out of copyright

Background imageBloomsbury Set Collection: Stalking Bear, design for rug, c. 1915-16 (ink on paper)

Stalking Bear, design for rug, c. 1915-16 (ink on paper)
STC439576 Stalking Bear, design for rug, c.1915-16 (ink on paper) by Kristian, Roald (1893-1918); Private Collection; The Stapleton Collection; Norwegian, out of copyright

Background imageBloomsbury Set Collection: Tavistock Chapel (engraving)

Tavistock Chapel (engraving)
585416 Tavistock Chapel (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Tavistock Chapel in Tavistock Place, in Bloomsbury)

Background imageBloomsbury Set Collection: National Hospital for the Paralysed and Epileptic, Queen Square, Bloomsbury (engraving)

National Hospital for the Paralysed and Epileptic, Queen Square, Bloomsbury (engraving)
606540 National Hospital for the Paralysed and Epileptic, Queen Square, Bloomsbury (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info)

Background imageBloomsbury Set Collection: Bedford Square (photo)

Bedford Square (photo)
609721 Bedford Square (photo) by English Photographer, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Bedford Square. Postcard.); Look and Learn / Peter Jackson Collection



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The Bloomsbury Set, a group of intellectuals and artists who thrived in the early 20th century, left an indelible mark on the cultural landscape. Their unconventional lifestyles and avant-garde creations challenged societal norms and paved the way for new artistic movements. In Pony Gymkhana at Breamore House, Salisbury, we catch a glimpse of Miss Fanny Fletcher and Miss Vivien John, two spirited women defying expectations as they participate in equestrian events. This painting captures their determination to break free from traditional gender roles. Mountain Church, Larrau transports us to a serene landscape where spirituality meets nature. The oil on canvas masterpiece invites contemplation and reflection upon our place in the world. Lytton Strachey's portrait from 1916 reveals his enigmatic persona. With piercing eyes and an air of mystery, this oil on canvas artwork hints at his intellectual prowess that would later shape literary criticism. An invitation for the Omega Workshop showcases their innovative approach to design. The watercolor on paper piece exudes creativity with its vibrant colors and bold typography - an embodiment of their commitment to pushing boundaries. A wet winter evening envelops Bloomsbury as captured in a black-and-white photograph. A solitary figure engrossed in reading symbolizes the area's reputation as a haven for book lovers seeking solace amidst bustling city life. Soldiers at a Stream depicts scenes from post-war Britain through delicate watercolors on paper. It serves as a poignant reminder of sacrifice while highlighting resilience amid adversity. A colored engraving showcasing street scenes near the British Museum immerses us into London's vibrant atmosphere during this era. It encapsulates both urban energy and intellectual curiosity that defined Bloomsbury culture. Virginia Woolf's captivating black-and-white photograph taken in 1902 offers insight into her introspective nature even before she became one of literature's most influential figures. Her gaze speaks volumes about her future literary prowess. St.