The personal papers of Nigel Graeme Henderson (1917-1985)
1913–84
Available online are a large quantity of photographs taken by Nigel Henderson since the 1940s. Subjects include family members, jazz musicians, other artists and artwork, architecture and various geographical locations. Photographs of the exhibition and photographich boards for, 'Parallel of Life and Art' at the Institue of Contemporary Arts which he co-curated, images of Eduardo Paolozzi as well as photographs of the construction of Hunstanton Secondary Modern School, designed by Alison and Peter Smithson, are also online.
Also included are portraits of Nigel Henderson as a young boy with his brother and portraits of his mother as a young woman.
Details of the remainder of the collection can be found on the Archive catalogue.
- Collection Owner
- Nigel Henderson 1917–1985
- Collection
- Tate Archive
- Acquisition
- The papers were acquired by the Tate Archive from Janet Henderson and the Henderson family in 1992.
- Reference
- TGA 9211
1,124 objects in this collection
- Title
- Photographs of geographical locations by Nigel Henderson
- Date
- 1942–78
- Description
- Including photographs of London, Italy and Nigel Henderson's home in Essex.
- Reference
- TGA 9211/9/6
Showing 1–20 of 473 objects
Nigel Henderson Photograph showing bombing of a ship
5 May 1942
Nigel Henderson Photograph showing bombing of a ship
5 May 1942
Nigel Henderson Photograph showing bombing of a ship
5 May 1942
Nigel Henderson Photograph showing bombing of a ship
5 May 1942
Nigel Henderson Photograph of Paris walls showing posters and newspapers peeling from walls
1949
Nigel Henderson Photograph of Paris walls showing posters and newspapers peeling from walls
1949
Nigel Henderson Photograph of Paris walls showing posters and newspapers peeling from walls
1949
Nigel Henderson Photograph of a window cleaner’s funeral in Chisenhale Road, Bethnal Green
[1949–54]
Nigel Henderson Photograph of a window cleaner’s funeral in Chisenhale Road, Bethnal Green
[1949–54]
Nigel Henderson Photograph of a window cleaner’s funeral in Chisenhale Road, Bethnal Green
[1949–54]
Nigel Henderson Photograph of a window cleaner’s funeral in Chisenhale Road, Bethnal Green
[1949–54]
Nigel Henderson Photograph of two heads through a pub window
[1949–54]
Nigel Henderson Photograph of an unidentified young girl outside a shop
[1949–54]
Nigel Henderson Photograph of four young men outside a shop
[1951]
Nigel Henderson Photograph of men and women ouside a pub
[1949–54]
Nigel Henderson Photograph of men and women ouside a pub
[1949–54]
Nigel Henderson Photograph of adults and children in street during a celebration
[1949–54]
Nigel Henderson Photograph of an unidentified women next to a stall selling stockings
[1949–54]
Nigel Henderson Photograph showing the inside of an ice cream parlour
[1949–54]
Nigel Henderson Photograph of two men climbing trees
[1949–54]