National Portrait Gallery - Person - Lucia Elizabeth Vestris (née Bartolozzi, later Mathews)

Lucia Elizabeth Vestris (née Bartolozzi, later Mathews) (1797-1856), Known as 'Madame Vestris', actress and singer; former wife of Armand Vestris and later wife of Charles James Mathews

Sitter associated with 14 portraits
One of the best actresses of the day, with a gift for mimicry, and skill in singing and dancing; helped her husband, C.J, Mathews, in the management of various theatres.

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Lucia Elizabeth Vestris (née Bartolozzi, later Mathews)

by Samuel Lover
watercolour, circa 1826
NPG 2786

Lucia Elizabeth Vestris (née Bartolozzi, later Mathews) as Don Giovanni

by (Isaac) Robert Cruikshank
etching, circa 1821
NPG D5230

Lucia Elizabeth Vestris (née Bartolozzi, later Mathews) as Don Giovanni

by Unknown artist
etching, circa 1821
NPG D5233

Lucia Elizabeth Vestris (née Bartolozzi, later Mathews) as Don Giovanni

by Unknown artist
etching, circa 1821
NPG D5234

Lucia Elizabeth Vestris (née Bartolozzi, later Mathews)

by Thomas Woolnoth, published by Simpkin and Marshall, after Thomas Charles Wageman
stipple engraving, published 1822
NPG D38638

Lucia Elizabeth Vestris (née Bartolozzi, later Mathews) as Apollo

by Thomas Woolnoth, after Thomas Charles Wageman
stipple engraving, published 1822
NPG D5231

Lucia Elizabeth Vestris (née Bartolozzi, later Mathews)

by Thomas Woolnoth, after Thomas Charles Wageman
stipple engraving, published 1822
NPG D5232

Lucia Elizabeth Vestris (née Bartolozzi, later Mathews) as Don Felix

by Thomas Woolnoth, published by Thomas Dolby, after Thomas Charles Wageman
stipple engraving, published September 1824
NPG D38554

Lucia Elizabeth Vestris (née Bartolozzi, later Mathews)

by John Cochran, after Unknown artist
stipple engraving, 1825
NPG D39240

Lucia Elizabeth Vestris (née Bartolozzi, later Mathews)

by John Cochran, published by William Sams
stipple engraving, published July 1825
NPG D19706

Lucia Elizabeth Vestris as Paul in 'Paul and Virginia'

by Thomas Woolnoth, published by George Virtue, after Thomas Charles Wageman
stipple engraving, published 1826
NPG D38622

Lucia Elizabeth Vestris (née Bartolozzi, later Mathews)

by Richard James Lane, printed by Charles Joseph Hullmandel, published by Joseph Dickinson
lithograph, published 24 November 1826
NPG D21951

Lucia Elizabeth Vestris as Lucy Morton in 'Court Favors'

by Richard James Lane, printed by Jérémie Graf, published by John Mitchell, after Alfred Edward Chalon
hand-coloured lithograph, published 15 February 1839
NPG D22079