Rebecca Howse (née Wildgoose) ('Mother Goose of Oxford') Greetings Card

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Blank greetings card with envelope featuring:

Rebecca Howse (née Wildgoose) ('Mother Goose of Oxford') NPG D13432

© National Portrait Gallery, London

by and published by Robert Dighton

Rebecca Howse, née Wildgoose, was a famous Oxford flower seller who had formerly been a brothel keeper. After she went blind her husband led her around town selling flowers. She became a well-known character, nicknamed 'Flora' by the students of Oxford University. She was immortalised in this print by James Gillray in 1807 and by his rival Robert Dighton in the same year.

Card size: 125mm x 175mm

Images are printed in their original proportions, within a white border.

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