Prints: P1232

Title

Mr Liston as A Broom Girl

Subject

Liston, John

Artist

Lane, Richard JamesHullmandel, Charles Joseph

Date

1826

Dimensions

height: 27cm
width: 21cm

Other materials

Lithograph

Provenance

Formerly in the collection of Professor Jim Davis, acquired by the Garrick Club in 2024

Other number

E0162

This print depicts the comedian John Liston in the character of a Broom Girl. He is depicted full length turned to the right. He is wearing a skirt and corset, with a stockings and black shoes. On his head he wears a white cap. He holds one arm behind his back which appears to be holding a broom, and holds another broom in the other hand. He is standing in a landscape with trees in the distance.