Princess Caraboo by Fortunino Matania
Mary Baker (nee Willcocks) (1791-1864) a Devonshire cobbler's daughter and noted impostor. Posing as the fictional Princess Caraboo, Baker pretended to be from a far off island kingdom inveigling herself into society. Taken in by the landlady of an inn in Almondsbury, Gloucestershire, Caraboo undresses and insists on sleeping on bare floorboards
Picture No
11357635
Media ID
46074875
Size
5223px x 5812px
(7.0MB)
Credit
© Illustrated London News Ltd/Mary Evans
Source
Illustration by Fortunino Matania in Britannia and Eve (Old Tales Re-Told), February 1945
Date
1945
