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| Picture No | 12688826 |
| Date | 1894 |
| Description | Florence von Sass, Lady Baker, January 1894 |
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Florence von Sass (1841 - 1916), Hungarian-born orphan, British explorer, the second wife of Sir Samuel W Baker and explorer, published in Samuel Baker's obituary. Lady Baker, sold to Sir Samuel Baker as a slave whom she later married and accompanied on various expeditions, notably around the Nile. Baker was an abolitonist and campaigned to end the slave trade in Africa.
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| Source | Engraving based on a photograph taken by E. Kelly in ‘The Graphic’, 6 January 1894, page 19 |
| Credit | © Illustrated London News Ltd/Mary Evans |
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