Princess Caraboo
A servant girl from Devonshire with a far from unblemished reputation. Mary Baker (nee Willcocks) (1791-1864) a Devonshire cobbler's daughter posed as the fictional Princess Caraboo and pretended to be from a far off island kingdom to inveigle herself into society
Picture No
13541336
Media ID
48539895
Size
3210px x 4152px
(2.9MB)
Credit
© Illustrated London News Ltd/Mary Evans
Source
From an engraving by N. Branwhite after a painting by Edward Bird in 1817, published in The Illustrated London News, 3rd June 1933, p798
Date
1933
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