Mary Jane Seacole Mycelium Carte-de-visite head and shoulders portrait

Carte-de-visite head and shoulders portrait of Michael Faraday [roughly trimmed to an oval format]

Their daughter is looking on while two children are eating and two cats are playing in front of the fire

View of Daniel Defoe in the pillory at Temple Bar

Arts and Trades of Descriptions of Egypt

Mary Jane Seacole Mycelium Carte-de-visite head and shoulders portraitMary Jane Seacole (1805 1881), was Jamaican born and of Scottish and Creole descent. Seacole set up what she called the 'British Hotel' behind the lines during the Crimean War, from where she provided support for wounded servicemen on the battlefield. She described the 'British Hotel' as a mess table and comfortable quarters for sick and convalescent officers. She was posthumously awarded the Jamaican Order of Merit in 1991 and in 2004 she was voted