Christina Broom (1863-1939), Photographer
Sitter in 4 portraits
Artist associated with 82 portraits
Christina Livingstone was Britain's first woman press freelance photographer. Educated at Claremont, Margate. First photographs taken, 1903. Official photographer to H.M Household Brigade, 1904-39. Specialised in personalities, London topography. For thirty years she photographed the teams and action of the annual Oxford and Cambridge boat race. A selection of her best work was shown in the NPG`s 1994 exhibition Edwardian Women Photographer. As well as the NPG's collection of her vintage prints and original negatives, other work can be found in the Museum of London (Suffragette subjects), Imperial War Museum, Chelsea Library, and the Gersheim Collection, University of Texas.
Albert Edward Broom; Winifred Margaret Broom; unknown woman
possibly by Christina Broom
bromide print, 1900s
NPG x131431
possibly by Christina Broom
bromide print, 1900s
NPG x131432
possibly by Christina Broom
bromide print, 1900s
NPG x131433
Margaret Livingston; Winifred Margaret Broom; unknown woman
possibly by Christina Broom
bromide print, 1900s
NPG x131435
possibly by Christina Broom
bromide print, 1900s
NPG x131437
Albert Edward Broom and family
possibly by Christina Broom
bromide print, 1900s
NPG x131438
Albert Edward Broom; unknown woman
possibly by Christina Broom
bromide print, 1900s
NPG x131439
by Christina Broom
glass negative, 1900-1925
NPG x1092
by Christina Broom
glass negative, 1900-1925
NPG x1137
Frederick Sleigh Roberts, 1st Earl Roberts
by Christina Broom
postcard print, 1900s
NPG x12479
Charlotte Despard (née French)
by Christina Broom
cream-toned velox print, 1900-1925
NPG x13391
by Christina Broom
bromide print, circa 1900
NPG x6194
by and published by Christina Broom
vintage print, Saturday 23 May 1908
NPG x132093
by Christina Broom
whole-plate glass negative, 1908
NPG x538
Paul Aloysius Kenna; Bernard Arthur William Patrick Hastings Forbes, 8th Earl of Granard
by Christina Broom
glass negative, 1910
NPG x221
John Denton Pinkstone French, 1st Earl of Ypres
by Christina Broom
bromide print on card mount, 1910s
NPG x27570
Suffragette March in Hyde Park
by Christina Broom
cream-toned velox print, 23 July 1910
On display in Room 31 at the National Portrait Gallery
NPG x17396
Winifred Margaret Broom with two others
possibly by Christina Broom
bromide print, 1913
NPG x131440
Adolphus Frederick, Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Strelitz; King George V; Queen Mary
by Christina Broom
bromide postcard print, 1913
NPG x47141
Bernard Arthur William Patrick Hastings Forbes, 8th Earl of Granard
by Christina Broom
glossy bromide print on card mount, mid 1910s
NPG x1143
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