Georgina Weldon
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Georgina Weldon was a British litigant and amateur soprano of the Victorian era.
Mrs Georgina Weldon photographed by Elliott & Fry (c. 1884)
Charles Gounod in 1882
Mrs Georgina Weldon as portrayed by 'Spy' in Vanity Fair (1884)
Portia is a female protagonist in The Merchant of Venice by William Shakespeare. In creating her character, Shakespeare drew from the historical figure of Porcia – the daughter of Cato the Younger – a
Georgina Weldon
…seventeen cases in progress at the same time. She always represented herself and conducted all her cases without legal counsel. She became known as the "Portia of the Law Courts", and her image appeared everywhere, even in an advertisement for Pears Soap. To finance her legal actions in 1884 she sang two songs…
Portia by John Everett Millais, 1886
Portia (1888) by Henry Woods
La belle Portia (1886) Alexandre Cabanel
Portia and Shylock, by Thomas Sully