Favorite this☆ Mattiwilda Dobbs as Gilda in Verdi's "Rigoletto" Description: Portrait of soprano Mattiwilda Dobbs as Gilda in Verdi's opera, "Rigoletto." Stamped on back: "Photograph by Helga Sharland, 40 St. Margarets Rd., Edgware, Middx. Phone: STO: 7864." Handwritten on back: "Mattiwilda Dobbs." Details Resource ID: hk000744 Creator: Sharland, Helga Subject: Dobbs, Mattiwilda African American women singers Verdi, Giuseppe, 1813-1901. Rigoletto Photographers--England--Middlesex Photographic prints Date Issued: 1954 Format: 1 photographic print ; 5.5 x 3.5 in. Member of: E. Azalia Hackley Collection Filing Location: Biography--Dobbs, Mattiwilda Rights: Physical rights are retained by DPL. Copyright is retained in accordance with U.S. copyright laws.