Editing Sarah Forbes Bonetta (section)

==Death and legacy==
Sarah Forbes Bonetta died of [[tuberculosis]] on 15 August 1880<ref name=Elebute /> in the city of [[Funchal]], the capital of [[Madeira]] Island, a Portuguese island in the Atlantic Ocean. In her memory, her husband erected an over-eight-foot granite [[obelisk]]-shaped monument at [[Ijon]] in Western Lagos, where he had started a cocoa farm.<ref>{{Harvp|Elebute|2013|pp=111–119}}</ref> The inscription on the obelisk reads:<ref name=Elebute />

<blockquote>IN MEMORY OF PRINCESS SARAH FORBES BONETTA
WIFE OF THE HON J.P.L. DAVIES
WHO DEPARTED THIS LIFE AT MADEIRA AUGUST 15TH 1880
AGED 37&nbsp;YEARS</blockquote>

Her grave is number 206 in the [[British Cemetery of Funchal]] near the Anglican Holy Trinity Church, Rua Quebra Costas Funchal, Madeira.<ref>Register of Burials, Church Archives, Holy Trinity Church, Funchal</ref> A [[blue plaque|plaque]] commemorating Forbes Bonetta was placed on Palm Cottage in 2016, as part of the television series ''[[Black and British: A Forgotten History]]''.<ref>{{cite web |title=Plaque commemorating Sarah Forbes Bonetta who was under the protection of Queen Victoria - BBC |url=https://artsandculture.google.com/asset/plaque-commemorating-sarah-forbes-bonetta-who-was-under-the-protection-of-queen-victoria-bbc/PAGx1TDCK0Wcbw |website=Google Arts & Culture |access-date=7 October 2020 |language=en |archive-date=18 April 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220418200720/https://artsandculture.google.com/asset/plaque-commemorating-sarah-forbes-bonetta-who-was-under-the-protection-of-queen-victoria-bbc/PAGx1TDCK0Wcbw |url-status=live }}</ref> A newly commissioned portrait of Forbes Bonetta by artist [[Hannah Uzor]] went on display at [[Osborne House]] on the [[Isle of Wight]] in October 2020 as part of an effort by [[English Heritage]] to recognise black history in England.<ref name="bbc7oct">{{cite news |title=Sarah Forbes Bonetta: Portrait of Queen Victoria's goddaughter on show |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-hampshire-54445289 |access-date=7 October 2020 |work=BBC News |date=7 October 2020 |archive-date=7 October 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201007102211/https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-hampshire-54445289 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="brown">{{cite news |last1=Brown |first1=Mark |title=New portrait of Queen Victoria's African goddaughter unveiled |url=https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2020/oct/07/new-portrait-of-queen-victorias-african-goddaughter-unveiled |access-date=7 October 2020 |work=The Guardian |date=6 October 2020 |archive-date=7 October 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201007035321/https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2020/oct/07/new-portrait-of-queen-victorias-african-goddaughter-unveiled |url-status=live }}</ref>She has also been painted by [[Joy Labinjo]].<ref>{{Cite news |date=2020-11-27 |title=Joy Labinjo, an artist making black lives visible |newspaper=Financial Times |first=Rachel|last=Spence|url=https://www.ft.com/content/d47c8740-2faf-4f07-b45f-63df2660b203 |access-date=2022-06-02}}</ref> Forbes Bonetta was portrayed by Zaris-Angel Hator in the 2017 British [[ITV (TV channel)|ITV]] television series [[Victoria (UK TV series)|''Victoria'']].<ref name="gordon">{{cite news |last1=Gordon |first1=Naomi |title=Victoria creator "challenging" perspectives of the era |url=https://www.digitalspy.com/tv/a844762/victoria-christmas-special-daisy-goodwin-diversity-challenging/ |access-date=7 October 2020 |work=Digital Spy |date=20 December 2017 |archive-date=26 February 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210226223510/https://www.digitalspy.com/tv/a844762/victoria-christmas-special-daisy-goodwin-diversity-challenging/ |url-status=live }}</ref> [[Victoria Princewill]], the British novelist, has written a coming-of-age novel based on Bonetta's life, called ''The Diary of Sarah Forbes Bonetta''.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Bearn |first=Emily |date=February 9, 2023 |title=The unlikely meeting of Queen Victoria and a young African princess |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/books/childrens-books/diary-sarah-forbes-bonetta-novel-victoria-princewill-review/ |work=The Telegraph |via=www.telegraph.co.uk}}</ref>