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The Foundling Hospital, Holborn, London: a bird's-eye view of the courtyard. Coloured engraving by T. Bowles after L. P. Boitard, 1753.

The Foundling Hospital, Holborn, London: a perspective view looking north-east at the main building, with penitent mothers arriving beside a statue of fortune. Engraving by C. Grignion and P. C. Canot after S. Wale, 1749.

Fashionable London comes to observe Sunday lunch at the Foundling Hospital. Wood engraving by J. Swain, 1872, after H.T. Green.

The Foundling Hospital, Holborn, London: the main buildings with several figures. Engraving, [1751].

Foundling Hospital, London. Etching by H. Roberts, 1749, after J. Robinson after T. Jacobson.

The London galvanic generator : a remarkable English invention : a royal remedy now offered to the world / by the Pall Mall Electric Association.

Extraordinary birth! : On Sunday last, at Ferguson's Grand Promenade and exhibition rooms, 167, High Holborn, the lady of the celebrated dwarf Senor Santiago de Loss Santos, was delivered of a fine boy, the father being no more than 25 inches high, although 49 years of age, while his mother is but 28 inches high, and 31 years of age : an apartment has been fitted up expressly for the shewing of this great novelty ...

The Foundling Hospital, Holborn, London: plan and elevations, with a scale and a key. Engraving by P. Fourdrinier [after T. Jacobsen, 1742].

The Foundling Hospital, Holborn, London: a bird's-eye view of the courtyard, numbered for a key. Coloured engraving after L. P. Boitard, 1753.

The Foundling Hospital, Holborn, London: a bird's-eye view of the courtyard. Engraving by B. Cole, 1754 [after P. Fourdrinier, 1742].

The Foundling Hospital, Holborn, London: a perspective view looking north-west at the main building, happy children dancing round a statue of Flora [?]. Engraving by C. Grignion and P. C. Canot after S. Wale, 1749.

The Foundling Hospital: the main buildings seen from within the grounds. Engraving by Elizabeth Byrne after J. P. Neale, 1816.

Report for the year 1905 of the Medical Officer of Health.

The Hospital for Sick Children, Great Ormond Street, London: the main facade. Wood engraving by W. E. Hodgkin after D. R. Warry, 1872.

The Foundling Hospital, seen from Lamb's Conduit Street. Wood engraving after P. Justyne.

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Holborn (London, England)

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Images referencing Holborn (London, England)

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The Foundling Hospital: the main buildings seen from within the grounds. Engraving by Elizabeth Byrne after J. P. Neale, 1816.

Report for the year 1905 of the Medical Officer of Health.

The Hospital for Sick Children, Great Ormond Street, London: the main facade. Wood engraving by W. E. Hodgkin after D. R. Warry, 1872.

The Foundling Hospital, Holborn, London: a bird's-eye view of the courtyard. Coloured engraving by T. Bowles after L. P. Boitard, 1753.

The Foundling Hospital, seen from Lamb's Conduit Street. Wood engraving after P. Justyne.

Holborn (London, England)

Images from the collections

Images referencing Holborn (London, England)

Works from the collections

The Foundling Hospital: the main buildings seen from within the grounds. Engraving by Elizabeth Byrne after J. P. Neale, 1816.

Report for the year 1905 of the Medical Officer of Health.

The Hospital for Sick Children, Great Ormond Street, London: the main facade. Wood engraving by W. E. Hodgkin after D. R. Warry, 1872.

The Foundling Hospital, Holborn, London: a bird's-eye view of the courtyard. Coloured engraving by T. Bowles after L. P. Boitard, 1753.

The Foundling Hospital, seen from Lamb's Conduit Street. Wood engraving after P. Justyne.

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