Buy a Broom

Lithographer Anthony Fleetwood American, British
Subject Lucia Elizabeth Vestris British

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Costumed as a Bavarian broom seller, the London actress Madame Vestris sings "Buy a Broom," a ballad she first performed at London's Haymarket Theatre in 1826. Her name became associated with this hit song, and this print probably once adorned a music sheet cover.

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