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Mary Jane Seacole (née Grant)
17 of 25 portraits on display in Room 23 at the National Portrait Gallery
© National Portrait Gallery, London; Purchased with help from the National Lottery through the Heritage Lottery Fund, and Gallery supporters, 2008
Mary Jane Seacole (née Grant)
by Albert Charles Challen
oil on panel, 1869
9 1/2 in. x 6 1/4 in. (240 mm x 180 mm)
Purchased with help from the National Lottery through the Heritage Lottery Fund, and Gallery supporters, 2008
Primary Collection
NPG 6856
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- Mary Jane Seacole (née Grant) (1805-1881), Jamaican nurse, adventurer and writer. Sitter in 1 portrait.
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- Audio Guide
- I-Spy National Portrait Gallery, 2010, p. 41
- Cooper, John, A Guide to the National Portrait Gallery, 2009, p. 4
- Funnell, Peter (introduction); Marsh, Jan, A Guide to Victorian and Edwardian Portraits, 2011, p. 53
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