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Nigel Henderson

1917–1985

Peter Samuels 1951
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Biography

Nigel Graeme Henderson (1 April 1917 – 15 May 1985) was an English documentary artist, and photographer.

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Left Right

Strongman series (Kendow)

Nigel Henderson
1949–53
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Street Vendor near “Salmon and Ball”, Bethnal Green Road

Nigel Henderson
1951
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Untitled, London

Nigel Henderson
c.1950
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Gillian Alexander at play, Chisenhale Road

Nigel Henderson
c.1950
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Peter Samuels

Nigel Henderson
1951
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Peter Samuels

Nigel Henderson
1951

Bag-wash

Nigel Henderson
1949–53
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Heads Seen through Pub Window, East End

Nigel Henderson
1949–53
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The Norwich School of Art

John Wonnacott
1982–4

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Nigel Henderson: An Independent Eye

Sketches, letters, etc.

Photograph of Mary Lee Settle

Nigel Henderson
date not known
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Photograph of an unidentified man beside docked boats, possibly in Venice

Nigel Henderson
[c.1951–2]
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Photograph showing variant of ‘Forms on a Bow I’, 1951, by Eduardo Paolozzi in plaster or clay

Nigel Henderson
[c.1951]

Glass lantern slide

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