Jane Douglas

Detail from Hogarth's ''The March of the Guards to Finchley'', 1745 showing Douglas in the window at the bottom right praying for the safe return of her "Babes of Grace". Douglas' girls line the other windows, and the cats on the roof indicate the house is a "cattery"; the signboard shows King Charles{{sfn|Réveil|Duchesne|1833|p=983}} Jane Douglas ( – 10 June 1761), commonly known as Mother Douglas, was a brothel-keeper in mid-18th century London. Known at the time as "The Empress of the Bawds", her house in Covent Garden attracted customers from the higher echelons of society. Provided by Wikipedia
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    Asian Education Yearbook
    by Jane Douglas
    Published 1991
    Printed Book
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