Hi all
I read this in a book by Tracy Chevalier , called Falling Angels (2001)
the narrator , Kitty , has been arrested in Parliament Square and taken to Cannon Row Police station ....in the Black Maria
but it's spelled :black maria
she also wrote a book on Vermeer 's paintings, and another one which revisits and interprets medieval tapestries : the lady and the unicorn
worth reading
jim