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The personal papers of Nigel Graeme Henderson (1917-1985)

1913–84

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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

  • The personal papers of Nigel Graeme Henderson (1917-1985)

    1,124 Objects

    • Parallel of Life and Art Exhibition

      118 Objects

    • Photographs of family and friends

      297 Objects

    • Photographs

      627 Objects

      • Photographs of geographical locations by Nigel Henderson

        473 Objects

      • Photographs of jazz musicians by Nigel Henderson

        154 Objects

    • Glass Negatives

      82 Objects

Title
Photographs
Date
[c.1947–79]
Description
Includes outsized photographs, photographs of works of art by Nigel Henderson, Eduardo Paolozzi and other artists and designers. Also photographs of exhibitions, jazz musicians and general source images. Unless otherwise stated it is assumed that the photographer is Nigel Henderson.
Reference
TGA 9211/9

Showing 21–40 of 627 objects

Photograph of a crane in a dockyard

Nigel Henderson
[1949–54]
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Photograph of a docked ship

Nigel Henderson
[1949–54]
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Photograph of a dockyard

Nigel Henderson
[1949–54]
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Photograph showing the interior of a pub

Nigel Henderson
[1949–54]
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Photograph of a painter with his cart

Nigel Henderson
[1949–54]
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Photograph of two horses pulling a carriage

Nigel Henderson
[1949–54]
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Photograph showing inside of an unidentified train station

Nigel Henderson
[1949–54]
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Photograph of a shop front taken through the shop window

Nigel Henderson
[1949–54]
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Photograph of the outside of a terraced house

Nigel Henderson
[1949–54]
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Photograph showing the interior of a car with a man’s reflection in the rear view mirror

Nigel Henderson
[1949–54]
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Photograph of a road with traffic taken from inside a car

Nigel Henderson
[1949–54]
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Photograph of an unidentified boy on a bicycle

Nigel Henderson
[1949–54]
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Photograph of an unidentified boy on a bicycle

Nigel Henderson
[1949–54]
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Photograph of an unidentified boy on a bicycle

Nigel Henderson
[1949–54]
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Photograph of a bicycle at the side of a road

Nigel Henderson
[1949–54]
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Photograph of children playing outside

Nigel Henderson
[1949–54]
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Photograph of children playing outside

Nigel Henderson
[1949–54]
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Photograph of two unidentified girls playing outside

Nigel Henderson
[1949–54]
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Photograph of children playing in the street

Nigel Henderson
[1949–54]
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Photograph of two unidentified girls outside a doctors surgery with a stuffed figure in a box

Nigel Henderson
[1949–54]
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