To coincide with new display Suffragettes: Deeds not Words, this slideshow presents highlights from the work of Christina Broom in the Gallery’s collection. A pioneering early woman press photographer, Broom worked from 1903-39 under the professional name Mrs Albert Broom, and was assisted throughout her career by her daughter Winifred. Broom documented topics including the suffrage movement and military life, and was official photographer to the household brigade. Her photographs regularly appeared in publications including The Tatler, The Sphere, and The Illustrated London News, and were self-published as picture postcards during the height of this industry. A selection of Broom’s work was exhibited at the Gallery in the 1994 exhibition Edwardian Women Photographers. Many of her suffragette subjects are also represented in the collection of the Museum of London, which is planning a retrospective of Broom’s work for autumn 2015.
King Edward VII, Queen Alexandra, King George V, Queen Mary and Princess Victoria Alexandra Olga Mary of Wales visiting the Duke of York's Royal Military School, Chelsea,
London, vintage print, 23 May 1908 -
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Charlotte Despard (née French)(1844-1939), cream-toned velox print, 1900-25 -
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Emmeline Pankhurst (1858-1928), bromide print, 1910s -
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Suffragette March in Hyde Park (Emmeline Pethick-Lawrence; Dame Christabel Pankhurst; Sylvia Pankhurst and Emily Davison), cream-toned velox print, 23 July 1910 -
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Adolphus, 1st Marquess of Cambridge, Alexander Cambridge, Earl of Athlone and Edwin Perceval Brassey, bromide print, 1914 -
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Prince Edward, Duke of Windsor (King Edward VIII) (1894-1972) acting as pay-master to the Grenadier Guards, bromide print, 1914 -
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Mary Sophia Allen (centre, 1878-1964) with four members of her force at the British Women's Work Exhibition, Knightsbridge, London, bromide print, 1916 -
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Queen Mary (1867-1953) and Princess Mary, Countess of Harewood (1897-1965) inspecting Wellington Barracks married quarters, bromide print on card mount, 1917 -
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John Rushworth Jellicoe, 1st Earl Jellicoe(1959-1935), bromide print, mid 1920s -
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‘Pillars of our Empire’ (Prince Edward, Duke of Windsor (King Edward VIII)) at Wellington Barracks, bromide print on photographer's card mount, 1934 -
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