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, 1916
NPG x168
by Christina Broom
half-plate glass negative, 1916
NPG x645
Mary Sophia Allen (centre) with four members of her force
by Christina Broom
bromide print, 1916
On display in Room 25 on Floor 2 at the National Portrait Gallery
NPG x6075
Queen Mary and Princess Mary, Countess of Harewood inspecting Wellington Barracks married quarters
by Christina Broom
bromide print on card mount, 1917
NPG x45041
Prince Edward, Duke of Windsor (King Edward VIII)
by Christina Broom
bromide print, 1919
NPG x28389
John Rushworth Jellicoe, 1st Earl Jellicoe
by Christina Broom
half-plate glass negative, mid 1920s
NPG x172
by Christina Broom
bromide postcard print, 1921
NPG x198225
John Rushworth Jellicoe, 1st Earl Jellicoe
by Christina Broom
bromide print, mid 1920s
NPG x18864
by Christina Broom
half-plate glass negative, 1924?
NPG x1142
by Christina Broom
bromide print, circa 1924
NPG x18686
by Christina Broom
bromide postcard print, 1926
NPG x198226
by Christina Broom
bromide postcard print, 1926
NPG x198227
by Christina Broom
bromide postcard print, 1927
NPG x198228
by Christina Broom
bromide postcard print, 1928
NPG x198229
by Christina Broom
bromide postcard print, 1928
NPG x198230
by Christina Broom
bromide postcard print, 1929
NPG x198231
by Christina Broom
bromide postcard print, 1929
NPG x198232
Prince Henry, Duke of Gloucester; King George VI
by Christina Broom
bromide print, 1930s
NPG x136999
Prince Edward, Duke of Windsor (King Edward VIII)
by Christina Broom
half-plate glass negative, 1934
NPG x173
Pillars of our Empire (Prince Edward, Duke of Windsor (King Edward VIII))
by Christina Broom
bromide print on photographer's card mount, 1934
NPG x44943
Related People
- Albert Edward Broom (husband)
- Winifred Margaret Broom (daughter)
- Margaret Livingston (sister)
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