She was placed in a workhouse at Great Yarmouth at the age of 55 and there she created several pieces of needlework which have been featured on BBCTV and which can now be found in the Norwich Castle Museum.

At other times she hints that she was sexually abused – "I MISS LORINA BULWER WAS EXAMINED BY DR PINCHING OF WALTHAMSTOW ESSEX AND FOUND TO BE A PROPERLY SHAPED FEMALE".

[3] It was later discovered that there was a similar embroidery by Bulwer in the Thackray Museum of Medicine in Leeds, which was dated to two years later than the first.

It was possible to date the embroideries as Bulwer made references to real events like the death of a fellow inmate.

[7] The Dr Pinching of Walthamstow referred to in the embroideries was initially thought to be untraceable, but his story was finally uncovered in 2015 by genealogist Penelope Hemingway.

Lorina and her needle-craft was the main feature of a BBC program that investigated the story behind the textiles and the artist who created them.

The largest piece found was two meters in length and when discovered it was identified very rapidly by an internet search for "Lorina Bulwer".

The discoverers were placed in contact with Norwich museum and funding was obtained to also bring this work into the collection where it was exhibited in 2014 in Great Yarmouth.