Portrait of Crimean War Nurse Mary Seacole Acquired by Nati


Mary Seacole by Albert Charles Challen, 1869. © National Portrait Gallery, London. LONDON.- The only known painting of Mary Seacole, the black Victorian nurse regarded as one of the most significant figures to emerge from the Crimean War, is to remain at the National Portrait Gallery where it has been on loan since 2004. The iconic portrait has been bought for £130, 000 through a public appeal ...

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