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
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The personal papers of Nigel Graeme Henderson (1917-1985)
1,124 Objects
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Parallel of Life and Art Exhibition
118 Objects
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Photographs of family and friends
297 Objects
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Photographs
627 Objects
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Glass Negatives
82 Objects
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Photographs of ‘Bird’, 1950, by Eduardo Paolozzi, in plaster or clay
2 Objects
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Photographs showing variants of ‘Forms on a Bow I’, 1951, by Eduardo Paolozzi
2 Objects
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Photographs showing school children celebrating an event for the Coronation
4 Objects
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Photographs showing graffiti on walls
2 Objects
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Photographs showing interior of a public bar
3 Objects
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Photographs of men shown standing in front of a cityscape background
2 Objects
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Photographs of crystals and organisms seen through a microscope
4 Objects
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Photographs showing canals barges and people living and working on barges
11 Objects
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Photographs of flower, plant and fruit studies
40 Objects
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Glass lantern slides
3 Objects
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- Title
- Photographs showing canals barges and people living and working on barges
- Description
- Also children in the street and in hospital and text from 'Scatter seeds of kindness'. Not by Nigel Henderson.
- Reference
- TGA 9211/10/16
