Mary Jane Seacole Mycelium Carte-de-visite head and shoulders portrait

Carte-de-visite head and shoulders portrait of Michael Faraday [roughly trimmed to an oval format]

A detailed description of earthquake damage to the tower appears in Mallet's 1862 Report

and in 1969 won his last Grand Prix - his fifth triumph at Monaco

Eli questioning Samuel regarding his vision

the house at Woolsthorpe

Mary Jane Seacole Mycelium Carte-de-visite head and shoulders portraitMary 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