XJF256395 The Meeting of Mary Seacole (1805-81) and Alexis Soyer (1810-57) in her hotel bar, c.1855 (engraving) (b/w photo) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Mary Seacole was a Jamaican nurse who established a \'hotel\' to house and care for troops during the Crimean War (1854-56) she published an account of her travels in 1857; known as the \'Black Florence Nightingale\'; Alexis Soyer was a French Chef who joined Seacole in the Crimea to advise on army cooking and kept soldiers from suffering from malnutrition and food poisoning; designed the Soyer Stove for field use;); English, out of copyright.