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 21–40 of 473 objects
Nigel Henderson Photograph of a crane in a dockyard
[1949–54]
Nigel Henderson Photograph of a docked ship
[1949–54]
Nigel Henderson Photograph of a dockyard
[1949–54]
Nigel Henderson Photograph showing the interior of a pub
[1949–54]
Nigel Henderson Photograph of a painter with his cart
[1949–54]
Nigel Henderson Photograph of two horses pulling a carriage
[1949–54]
Nigel Henderson Photograph showing inside of an unidentified train station
[1949–54]
Nigel Henderson Photograph of a shop front taken through the shop window
[1949–54]
Nigel Henderson Photograph of the outside of a terraced house
[1949–54]
Nigel Henderson Photograph showing the interior of a car with a man’s reflection in the rear view mirror
[1949–54]
Nigel Henderson Photograph of a road with traffic taken from inside a car
[1949–54]
Nigel Henderson Photograph of an unidentified boy on a bicycle
[1949–54]
Nigel Henderson Photograph of an unidentified boy on a bicycle
[1949–54]
Nigel Henderson Photograph of an unidentified boy on a bicycle
[1949–54]
Nigel Henderson Photograph of a bicycle at the side of a road
[1949–54]
Nigel Henderson Photograph of children playing outside
[1949–54]
Nigel Henderson Photograph of children playing outside
[1949–54]
Nigel Henderson Photograph of two unidentified girls playing outside
[1949–54]
Nigel Henderson Photograph of children playing in the street
[1949–54]
Nigel Henderson Photograph of two unidentified girls outside a doctors surgery with a stuffed figure in a box
[1949–54]