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.
by Christina Broom
half-plate glass negative, 1910s
NPG x927
by Christina Broom
bromide print, 1910s
NPG x6194
Alexander Cambridge, Earl of Athlone
by Christina Broom
glass negative, December 1911
NPG x275
Garnet Joseph Wolseley, 1st Viscount Wolseley; Frederick Sleigh Roberts, 1st Earl Roberts
by Christina Broom
half-plate glass negative, 1911
NPG x751
Hon. Sir Cecil Edward Bingham; Madhavrao Scindia, Maharaja of Gwalior
by Christina Broom
glass negative, 1911
NPG x959
Mary Howe (Curzon), Countess Howe; Lady Diana Cooper (Diana (née Manners), Viscountess Norwich)
by Christina Broom
half-plate glass negative, July 1912
NPG x166
Sir Bhawani Singh Bahadur, Maharaja Rana of Jhalawar
by Christina Broom
half-plate glass negative, 1912
NPG x167
Mary Howe (née Curzon), Countess Howe
by Christina Broom
half-plate glass negative, July 1912
NPG x711
Winifred Margaret Broom with two others
possibly by Christina Broom
bromide print, 1913
NPG x131440
Phyllis Neilson-Terry; Madge Kendal; Dame Gladys Cooper
by Christina Broom
half-plate glass negative, 17 December 1913
NPG x1141
Bernard Arthur William Patrick Hastings Forbes, 8th Earl of Granard
by Christina Broom
glossy bromide print on card mount, mid 1910s
NPG x1143
Adolphus Frederick, Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Strelitz; Queen Mary; King George V
by Christina Broom
half-plate glass negative, 1913
NPG x158
Adolphus Frederick, Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Strelitz; King George V; Queen Mary
by Christina Broom
bromide postcard print, 1913
NPG x47141
Adolphus, 1st Marquess of Cambridge; Alexander Cambridge, Earl of Athlone; Edwin Perceval Brassey
by Christina Broom
bromide print, 1914
NPG x1144
Prince Edward, Duke of Windsor (King Edward VIII)
by Christina Broom
half-plate glass negative, 1914
NPG x277
by Christina Broom
bromide print, 1914
NPG x28393
Prince Edward, Duke of Windsor (King Edward VIII) acting as pay-master to the Grenadier Guards
by Christina Broom
bromide print, 1914
NPG x28398
by Christina Broom
half-plate glass negative, circa 1914
NPG x710
by Christina Broom
half-plate glass negative, 1915
NPG x170
by Christina Broom
sepia-toned bromide print, 1915
NPG x36283
Related People
- Albert Edward Broom (husband)
- Winifred Margaret Broom (daughter)
- Margaret Livingston (sister)
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