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
- The personal papers of Nigel Graeme Henderson (1917-1985)
- Date
- 1913–84
- Description
- 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. - Reference
- TGA 9211
Showing 101–120 of 1,124 objects
Nigel Henderson Photographic panel showing Cat No 4 - ‘Dissection of a frog’
[c.11 September 1953–18 October 1953]
Nigel Henderson Photographic panel showing Cat No 6 - ‘Two Human Anatomies, 1298 & 1399’
[c.11 September 1953–18 October 1953]
Nigel Henderson Photographic panel showing Cat No 10 - ‘Female bulb scale mite’
[c.11 September 1953–18 October 1953]
Nigel Henderson Photographic panels showing Cat No 32 - ‘Funeral of late King George VI Newspaper Image’
[c.11 September 1953–18 October 1953]
Nigel Henderson Photographic panel showing Cat No 35 - ‘Painting, Burri’
[c.11 September 1953–18 October 1953]
Nigel Henderson Photographic panel showing Cat No 40 - ‘Figures of men, animals, animated objects, and symbols from California, Arizona and Bahamas’
[c.11 September 1953–18 October 1953]
Nigel Henderson Photographic panel showing Cat No 42 - ‘Japanese writing’
[c.11 September 1953–18 October 1953]
Nigel Henderson Photographic panel showing Cat No 44 - ‘Patterns in mud, Grimsby (air view)’
[c.11 September 1953–18 October 1953]
Nigel Henderson Photographic panel showing Cat No 49 - ‘Roe triplane’
[c.11 September 1953–18 October 1953]
Nigel Henderson Photographic panel showing Cat No 53 - ‘Coffee grounds (photo-image)’
[c.11 September 1953–18 October 1953]
Nigel Henderson Photographic panel showing Cat No 74 - ‘Guillemot’s eggs’
[c.11 September 1953–18 October 1953]
Nigel Henderson Photographic panel showing Cat No 79 - ‘Prickle the Clown, Paul Klee etching 1931’
[c.11 September 1953–18 October 1953]
Nigel Henderson Photographic panel showing Cat No 81 - ‘Carved wooden grave figure, Kwakiutl Tribe’
[c.11 September 1953–18 October 1953]
Nigel Henderson Photographic panel showing Cat No 102 - ‘Quilted mud bank, Weston-super-mare (air view)’
[c.11 September 1953–18 October 1953]
Nigel Henderson Photographic panel showing Cat No 105 - ‘Polarised stress analysis of railway chair’
[c.11 September 1953–18 October 1953]
Nigel Henderson Photographic panel showing Cat No 107 - ‘Leaf of the grape tree’
[c.11 September 1953–18 October 1953]
Nigel Henderson Photographic panel showing Cat No 108 - ‘Plaster Blocks, Eduardo Paolozzi, 1952’
[c.11 September 1953–18 October 1953]
Nigel Henderson Photographic panel showing Cat No 122 - ‘Early 18th cent. Staffordshire dish’
[c.11 September 1953–18 October 1953]
J. H. Greville (Marlow, UK) Studio portrait photograph of Nigel Henderson as a boy
[c.1920s]
J. H. Greville (Marlow, UK) Studio portrait photograph of Nigel Henderson with his brother Ian
[c.1920s]