Christina Broom
(1862-1939), PhotographerMrs Albert Broom (Christina Livingston)
Sitter in 4 portraits
Artist associated with 94 portraits
Britain's first woman press freelance photographer, Livingston photographed many Suffragette marches and the movement's key personalities. Educated at Claremont, Margate, she took her first photographs in 1903, becoming official photographer to HM Household Brigade, 1904-39. 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 Photographers. As well as the NPG's collection of her vintage prints and original negatives, other work can be found in the Museum of London, Imperial War Museum, Chelsea Library, and the Gernsheim Collection, University of Texas.
Albert Edward Broom; Winifred Margaret Broom; possibly Jane Broom (née Cosby)
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 and an 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; possibly Jane Broom (née Cosby)
possibly by Christina Broom
bromide print, 1900s
NPG x131439
by Christina Broom
half-plate glass negative, 1900-1925
NPG x1139
Frederick Sleigh Roberts, 1st Earl Roberts
by Christina Broom
postcard print, 1900s
NPG x12479
Kaiser Wilhelm II; King George V; King Edward VII
by Christina Broom
half-plate glass negative, 1900-1910
NPG x169
Frederick Sleigh Roberts, 1st Earl Roberts
by Christina Broom
half-plate glass negative, 1900s
NPG x174
Prince Adolphus, Duke of Teck and Marquess of Cambridge
by Christina Broom
half-plate glass negative, 1900-1925
NPG x262
by Christina Broom
glass negative, 1900-1925
NPG x263
Princess Victoria of Wales with the Hon. Charlotte Knollys, Alexandra of Denmark and others
by Christina Broom
half-plate glass negative, 1900-1925
NPG x309
Prince Christopher of Greece and Denmark; Count Gluecksberg
by Christina Broom
half-plate glass negative, 1900-1925
NPG x679
by Christina Broom
half-plate glass negative, 1900-1925
NPG x709
Dame (Florence) Lilian Braithwaite
by Christina Broom
half-plate glass negative, 1900-1925
NPG x925
'T.M. The King & Queen & House Party at Mount Stewart'
after Christina Broom
bromide postcard print, 1903
NPG x196926
by Christina Broom
half-plate glass negative, 1904
NPG x1092
'Visit of the King and Queen of Portugal to Windsor Castle, 1904'
copy by Christina Broom
bromide postcard print, 18 November 1904
NPG x45129
by Christina Broom
half-plate glass negative, 1904
NPG x766
Dame (Esmerelda) Cicely Courtneidge
by Christina Broom
half-plate glass negative, 1904
NPG x767
Dame (Florence) Lilian Braithwaite
by Christina Broom
half-plate glass negative, 1904
NPG x768
by Christina Broom
half-plate glass negative, 1904
NPG x928
by Christina Broom
half-plate glass negative, 1904
NPG x929
by Christina Broom
half-plate glass negative, 1904
NPG x930
'Royal Shooting Party, Windsor, 1906'
after Christina Broom
bromide postcard print, 1906
NPG x196910
King Edward VII; Queen Alexandra; King George V; Queen Mary; Princess Victoria of Wales
by and published by Christina Broom
vintage print, 23 May 1908
NPG x132093
Charlotte Despard (née French)
by Christina Broom
cream-toned velox print, 1908-1910
NPG x13391
King Edward VII; Queen Alexandra; King George V; Queen Mary; Princess Victoria of Wales
by Christina Broom
half-plate glass negative, 23 May 1908
NPG x538
Ethel Hook (Bertha Beatrice Butt)
by Christina Broom
half-plate glass negative, 1910s
NPG x1117
by Christina Broom
half-plate glass negative, 1910s
NPG x1137
Lena Ashwell (née Lena Margaret Pocock, later Lady Simson)
by Christina Broom
half-plate glass negative, 1910s
NPG x1138
Florence Jane (née Théleur), Lady Alexander with four unknown others
by Christina Broom
half-plate glass negative, 1910s
NPG x1140
by Christina Broom
glass negative, 1910s
NPG x171
Nicholas II, Emperor of Russia
by Christina Broom
half-plate glass negative, 1910s
NPG x200
Paul Aloysius Kenna; Bernard Arthur William Patrick Hastings Forbes, 8th Earl of Granard
by Christina Broom
half-plate 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 24 on Floor 2 at the National Portrait Gallery
NPG x17396
by Christina Broom
half-plate glass negative, 1910s
NPG x926
Related People
- Albert Edward Broom (husband)
- Winifred Margaret Broom (daughter)
- Margaret Livingston (sister)
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