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Lizzie Weston (née Elizabeth Jackson) as Medea in 'The Golden Fleece'
by John Jabez Edwin Mayall
albumen print, 1863; published 1864-1865
3 1/2 in. x 2 1/8 in. (89 mm x 55 mm) image size
NPG Ax27685
Lizzie Weston (née Elizabeth Jackson) (died 1899), Actress; former wife of F.H. Davenport and of William West, and later second wife of Charles James Mathews. Sitter associated with 7 portraits.
John Jabez Edwin Mayall (1813-1901), Photographer. Artist associated with 507 portraits.
Place made: United Kingdom: England, London (photographer's studio, 224 Regent Street, London)
Celebrities of the London Stage: photographs by John Jabez Edwin Mayall, published 1864-65
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