{"id":20858,"date":"2012-02-26T00:08:48","date_gmt":"2012-02-26T00:08:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.mixedracestudies.org\/wordpress\/?p=20858"},"modified":"2016-06-22T18:34:50","modified_gmt":"2016-06-22T18:34:50","slug":"portrait-of-crimean-war-nurse-mary-seacole-acquired-by-national-portrait-gallery","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mixedracestudies.org\/wp\/?p=20858","title":{"rendered":"Portrait of Crimean War Nurse Mary Seacole Acquired by National Portrait Gallery"},"content":{"rendered":"

Portrait of Crimean War Nurse Mary Seacole Acquired by National Portrait Gallery<\/a><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

artdaily.org<\/a>
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\nMary Seacole by Albert Charles Challen, 1869. \u00a9<\/sup>National Portrait Gallery, London.<\/small><\/p>\n

LONDON.- The only known painting of Mary Seacole<\/a>, the black Victorian<\/a> nurse regarded as one of the most significant figures to emerge from the Crimean War<\/a>, is to remain at the National Portrait Gallery<\/a> where it has been on loan since 2004. The iconic portrait has been bought for \u00a3130, 000 through a public appeal by the Gallery and a Heritage Lottery Fund<\/a> (HLF) grant of \u00a396,200.<\/p>\n

Painted by Albert Challen<\/a> in 1869, the portrait\u2014which was discovered in 2004 by its owner, the biographer, writer and historian, Helen Rappaport<\/a>\u2014shows Seacole wearing the three medals which she was awarded for her service.<\/p>\n

Born in Jamaica<\/a> (c.1805 – 1881), Seacole was a nurse, adventurer and writer whose bravery, compassion and determination mark her as an exceptional figure in Victorian society. She travelled independently to Balaklava<\/a> where she and her business partner, Thomas Day, opened the British Hotel between the harbour and British Headquarters. It served as an officers’ club, a canteen for troops and a base for her nursing activities. She remained in the Crimea until July 1856. She was a familiar figure to British newspaper readers through reports in The Times<\/em>, Punch<\/em> and elsewhere. Her autobiography, Wonderful Adventures of Mrs Seacole in Many Lands<\/em>, was published in 1857 and sold well.<\/p>\n

Since the 1970s, the development of a Black and Asian historiography has given her a central place in black British history. In 2004, Seacole was voted Greatest Black Briton in an online poll (http:\/\/www.100greatblackbritons.com\/<\/a>). As an inspirational figure in British history and with a growing reputation she has also begun to be regarded as an exemplary figure among all audiences regardless of ethnicity. With no formal training, nor from a wealthy middle-class background, Seacole overcame both racial and gender restrictions to establish herself as a notable humanitarian whose hands-on approach to nursing has become an inspiration to nurses today…<\/p>\n

Read the entire article here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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