Statue of Mary Seacole | |
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Artist | Martin Jennings |
Completion date | 2016 |
Type | Sculpture |
Medium | bronze |
Subject | Mary Seacole |
Dimensions | 4.9 m (16 ft) |
Location | Lambeth, London |
51°30′01″N 0°07′08″W / 51.5002°N 0.1189°W |
The statue of Mary Seacole stands in the grounds of St Thomas' Hospital, Lambeth, London. Sculpted by Martin Jennings, the statue was executed in 2016. It honours Mary Seacole, a British-Jamaican who established a "British Hotel" during the Crimean War and who was posthumously voted first in a poll of "100 Great Black Britons".