Mary Seacole
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Mary Jane Seacole was a Jamaican nurse and businesswoman. She was famous for her nursing work during the Crimean War and for publishing the first autobiography written by a woman of African descent in
Seacole, c. 1850
Seacole was bankrupt on her return to London. Queen Victoria's nephew Count Gleichen (above) had become a friend of Seacole's in Crimea. He supported fund-raising efforts on her behalf.
Seacole, depicted as an admirer of Punch, along with her British Crimean War patients in "Our Own Vivandière", Punch, 30 May 1857
One of two known photographs of Seacole, taken for a carte de visite by Maull & Company in London (c. 1873)
Simon Taylor (sugar planter)
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Simon Taylor was a Jamaican planter and politician. Taylor was the wealthiest planter on the island, according to its governor, and died leaving an estate estimated at over £1 million, equivalent to £
Although it is believed to be Simon Taylor (far left), he was in Jamaica at the time of the portrait, and did not meet his nieces and nephew (pictured) until after his brother's (far right) death.
