Presumably taken on or around the occasion of Edith Fawcett Wightman's marriage to James Dixon (1851 - 1947), eldest son of Henry I. Dixon (1820 - 1912) of Stumperlowe Hall, which took place on 2 Sep 1873 at the Sheffield Parish Church. Edith's sisters Annie Maud Wightman and Marian Fawcett Wightman were two of her bridesmaids at the wedding (as reported in an article in the Sheffield Daily Telegraph, 3 Sep 1873). In the photograph, Edith is pictured in the centre in her bridal gown, flanked by her sisters Annie and Marian dressed as bridesmaids.

Edith Fawcett Dixon, Annie Maud Wightman and Marian Fawcett Wightman were all born in Sheffield, daughters of Benjamin Wightman (c. 1816 - 1867), a highly regarded solicitor who established a successful practice in Sheffield in partnership with John William Pye Smith (1809 - 1865).

As a young girl, Edith Fawcett Dixon (nee Wightman) went to Germany to be a companion to the only daughter of Baron Von Magnus, who lived in Saxony. She stayed there for two years and learned to speak German fluently. Edith Fawcett Dixon would later serve as Mistress Cutler with her husband James Dixon (of the well-known Sheffield firm of silversmiths Messrs James Dixon and Sons of Cornish Place, Sheffield) becoming Master Cutler in 1887. In later life, for many years, Edith took an interest in the welfare of the 'death and dumb' in Sheffield and held meetings for the Sheffield Association in aid of the Adult Deaf and Dumb at the Institute in Charles Street and undertook social and philanthropic work on their behalf. Edith Fawcett Dixon died at Sway, Hampshire in December 1934, aged 84. Source: short obituary in the Sheffield Independent, 11 Dec 1934 (p. 3).

Marian Fawcett Wightman became a longstanding associate of the Sheffield branch of the Church of England Girls' Friendly Society (established in Sheffield in 1879) and took an active role in the work of the Girls' Friendly Society Lodge based on Havelock Street, Sheffield. Marian Fawcett Wightman latterly lived at 70 Clarkehouse Road, Sheffield and she died on 6 April 1902.

Annie Maud Wightman latterly lived at 70 Clarkegrove Road, Sheffield. She died on 15 Dec 1940.

Original at Sheffield City Archives: X814/1/1/8.