Mary Jane Seacole mb-code AAED004045 Illustration from Parliament Past and

Illustration from Parliament Past and Present by Arnold Wright and Philip Smith

Poster advertising a Renault 4CV

Reprinted in an advertising flyer for the magazine Science aimed at members of the British Association for the Advancement of Science in 1885-1886

Printed: 'MAULL & Co

France and Russia entered into a treaty both to defend Italy and to take the offensive against Austria

Mary Jane Seacole mb-code AAED004045 Illustration from Parliament Past andMary Jane Seacole (1805 1881), was Jamaican born and of Scottish and Creole descent. Seacole set up what she called the 'British Hotel' behind the lines during the Crimean War, from where she provided support for wounded servicemen on the battlefield. She described the 'British Hotel' as a mess table and comfortable quarters for sick and convalescent officers. She was posthumously awarded the Jamaican Order of Merit in 1991 and in 2004 she was voted