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

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

    • Glass Negatives

      82 Objects

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

Photographic panel showing Cat No 4 - ‘Dissection of a frog’

Nigel Henderson
[c.11 September 1953–18 October 1953]
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Photographic panel showing Cat No 6 - ‘Two Human Anatomies, 1298 & 1399’

Nigel Henderson
[c.11 September 1953–18 October 1953]
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Photographic panel showing Cat No 10 - ‘Female bulb scale mite’

Nigel Henderson
[c.11 September 1953–18 October 1953]

Photographic panels showing Cat No 32 - ‘Funeral of late King George VI Newspaper Image’

Nigel Henderson
[c.11 September 1953–18 October 1953]
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Photographic panel showing Cat No 35 - ‘Painting, Burri’

Nigel Henderson
[c.11 September 1953–18 October 1953]
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Photographic panel showing Cat No 40 - ‘Figures of men, animals, animated objects, and symbols from California, Arizona and Bahamas’

Nigel Henderson
[c.11 September 1953–18 October 1953]
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Photographic panel showing Cat No 42 - ‘Japanese writing’

Nigel Henderson
[c.11 September 1953–18 October 1953]
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Photographic panel showing Cat No 44 - ‘Patterns in mud, Grimsby (air view)’

Nigel Henderson
[c.11 September 1953–18 October 1953]

Photographic panel showing Cat No 49 - ‘Roe triplane’

Nigel Henderson
[c.11 September 1953–18 October 1953]
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Photographic panel showing Cat No 53 - ‘Coffee grounds (photo-image)’

Nigel Henderson
[c.11 September 1953–18 October 1953]
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Photographic panel showing Cat No 74 - ‘Guillemot’s eggs’

Nigel Henderson
[c.11 September 1953–18 October 1953]
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Photographic panel showing Cat No 79 - ‘Prickle the Clown, Paul Klee etching 1931’

Nigel Henderson
[c.11 September 1953–18 October 1953]
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Photographic panel showing Cat No 81 - ‘Carved wooden grave figure, Kwakiutl Tribe’

Nigel Henderson
[c.11 September 1953–18 October 1953]
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Photographic panel showing Cat No 102 - ‘Quilted mud bank, Weston-super-mare (air view)’

Nigel Henderson
[c.11 September 1953–18 October 1953]
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Photographic panel showing Cat No 105 - ‘Polarised stress analysis of railway chair’

Nigel Henderson
[c.11 September 1953–18 October 1953]
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Photographic panel showing Cat No 107 - ‘Leaf of the grape tree’

Nigel Henderson
[c.11 September 1953–18 October 1953]
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Photographic panel showing Cat No 108 - ‘Plaster Blocks, Eduardo Paolozzi, 1952’

Nigel Henderson
[c.11 September 1953–18 October 1953]

Photographic panel showing Cat No 122 - ‘Early 18th cent. Staffordshire dish’

Nigel Henderson
[c.11 September 1953–18 October 1953]
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Photograph of Nigel Henderson

Anonymous
°Ú³¦.1949–54±Õ
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Photograph of Nigel Henderson

Anonymous
°Ú³¦.1949–54±Õ
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