Caraboo
A Hypertext Edition of John Matthew Gutch's Narrative
Illustrations
This is a copy of Mr. N. Branwhite's portrait of "Caraboo." A copy of this was roughly engraved as the frontispiece of Mr. Gutch's book. The original caption reads: "Mary Wilcox of Witheridge, Devonshire, alias CARABOO. Drawn and Engraved by N. Branwhite."
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This is a copy of Mr. E. Bird's portrait of "Caraboo" in the clothing that she made as part of her "native" costume. An engraving of this portrait was inserted into Mr. Gutch's book between pages 8 and 9. The original caption reads: "CARABOO PRINCESS OF JAVASU, alias MARY BAKER."
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"CHART, of her Voyage to Europe, drawn by CARABOO." Copied from page 60 of Mr. Gutch's book.
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"CHARACTERS made use of by CARABOO, and her AUTOGRAPH of MARY BAKER. The lettered reader will perceive a few perfectly-formed and conjoined Arabic characters; it need not to be added, that she copied them from those which some Oriental Scholar wrote before her." Copied from page 58 of Mr. Gutch's book. "Allah Tallah" is supposed identified in the third row of characters on the right side.
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"NUMERICAL CHARACTERS, with their Significations, made use of by CARABOO." Copied from page 59 of Mr. Gutch's book.
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