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 amusing a fashionable throng at Bath
Picture No
11357642
Media ID
46077106
Size
5689px x 4143px
(4.3MB)
Credit
© Illustrated London News Ltd/Mary Evans
Source
Illustration by Fortunino Matania in Britannia and Eve (Old Tales Re-Told), February 1945
Date
1945
