Statue of Mary Seacole
This photograph shows a statue commemorating Mary Seacole, a British-Jamaican nurse who tended to those wounded on the battlefield of the Crimean War.
Mary Seacole was born in Jamaica in 1805. She moved to London for a year in 1821, and later lived in London for prolonged periods for the remainder of her life, until her death in 1881.
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Text etched in front of the statue says:
Mary…
Contributors
- acediscovery
Subject
- Immigration to the United Kingdom
- Statue
- Crimean War
- …
- Nursing
- United Kingdom
- Jamaica
- Human migration
- Jamaica
- UK
- Nursing
Contributors
- acediscovery
Subject
- Immigration to the United Kingdom
- Statue
- Crimean War
- …
- Nursing
- United Kingdom
- Jamaica
- Human migration
- Jamaica
- UK
- Nursing
Providing institution
Aggregator
Rights statement for the media in this item (unless otherwise specified)
- http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/
User generated content
- true
Places
- London
- United Kingdom
- Jamaica
- Jamaica
- City of London
- London
- London City
- The City
Identifier
- http://contribute.europeana.eu/contributions/4aa45a00-2fb9-0137-0baf-6eee0af59a4e
Language
- eng
- en
Providing country
- Europe
Collection name
Timestamp created
- 2019-07-25T07:45:26.887Z
Timestamp updated
- 2021-11-03T11:22:04.772Z