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

Foundling Hospital, Holborn, London: interior of the chapel. Etching by John Sanders, 1774, after himself.

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: 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.

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].

The report of the Committee appointed by the Annual General Court of the Foundling Hospital, of 12th May, 1790 [for regulating and inspecting the accounts, etc.].

An essay upon nursing, and the management of children, from their birth to three years of age. In a letter to one of the governors of the Foundling Hospital / Published by order of the general committee for transacting the affairs of the said hospital. By a physician [i.e. W. Cadogan].

The report of the general committee for directing, managing, and transacting the business, affairs, estate, and effects of the corporation of the governors and guardians of the Hospital for the Maintenance and Education of Exposed and Deserted Young Children : relating to the general plan for executing the purposes of the Royal Charter, establishing this Hospital.

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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].

The report of the Committee appointed by the Annual General Court of the Foundling Hospital, of 12th May, 1790 [for regulating and inspecting the accounts, etc.].

An essay upon nursing, and the management of children, from their birth to three years of age. In a letter to one of the governors of the Foundling Hospital / Published by order of the general committee for transacting the affairs of the said hospital. By a physician [i.e. W. Cadogan].

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Foundling Hospital (London, England)

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Images referencing Foundling Hospital (London, England)

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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].

The report of the Committee appointed by the Annual General Court of the Foundling Hospital, of 12th May, 1790 [for regulating and inspecting the accounts, etc.].

An essay upon nursing, and the management of children, from their birth to three years of age. In a letter to one of the governors of the Foundling Hospital / Published by order of the general committee for transacting the affairs of the said hospital. By a physician [i.e. W. Cadogan].

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