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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: the main buildings seen from the north, with a farmyard in the foreground. Engraving by J. P. Malcolm after himself, 1808.

Thomas Coram, in the foreground an infant in a basket, in the background the Foundling Hospital. Line engraving by J. W. Cook after B. Nebot, 1741.

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

The Foundling Hospital: Captain Coram and several children, the latter carrying implements of work, a church and ships in the distance. Engraving by F. M. La Cave after W. Hogarth, 1739.

The history of the Foundling Hospital / by R. H. Nichols ... and F. A. Wray.

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

Psalms, hymns & anthems, used in the chapel of the Hospital for the maintenance & education of exposed & deserted young children

An account of the hospital for the maintenance and education of exposed and deserted young children. In which is the Charter, Act of Parliament, By-Laws and Regulations.

The report of the General Committee ... of the Hospital ... relating to the general plan for executing the purposes of the Royal Charter. [The report ... concerning the method of electing future Governors and Guardians. - By-laws proposed to be made].

A copy of the royal charter, Establishing an hospital for the Maintenance and Education Of Exposed and Deserted young children

An account of the hospital for the maintenance and education of exposed and deserted young children, Including the Charter, Act of Parliament, By-Laws and Regulations, and annual Accounts of all Receipts and Payments, from the Commencement of the Corporat

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Psalms, hymns & anthems, used in the chapel of the Hospital for the maintenance & education of exposed & deserted young children

An account of the hospital for the maintenance and education of exposed and deserted young children. In which is the Charter, Act of Parliament, By-Laws and Regulations.

The report of the General Committee ... of the Hospital ... relating to the general plan for executing the purposes of the Royal Charter. [The report ... concerning the method of electing future Governors and Guardians. - By-laws proposed to be made].

A copy of the royal charter, Establishing an hospital for the Maintenance and Education Of Exposed and Deserted young children

An account of the hospital for the maintenance and education of exposed and deserted young children, Including the Charter, Act of Parliament, By-Laws and Regulations, and annual Accounts of all Receipts and Payments, from the Commencement of the Corporat