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. Pictured here in the house of Mr Worrall, the County Magistrate, and his wife, after she had made herself a dress of her own design and managed to secure herself a bow and arrow which she was prone to use rather frequently, much to the distress of her hosts
Picture No
11357638
Media ID
46077098
Size
5214px x 6097px
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Credit
© Illustrated London News Ltd/Mary Evans
Source
Illustration by Fortunino Matania in Britannia and Eve (Old Tales Re-Told), February 1945
Date
1945
