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Foundlings

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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.
  • Moses is retrieved from the Nile by Egyptian women. Engraving by S. Smith, 1786, after G. Robertson after F. Zuccarelli.
  • A baby has been left outside the town-house of an old bachelor, and a young woman watches from the corner of the street. Engraving, 1794.
  • Fashionable London comes to observe Sunday lunch at the Foundling Hospital. Wood engraving by J. Swain, 1872, after H.T. Green.
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    Histoire statistique et morale des enfants trouvés ... / par J.-F. Terme ... et J.-B. Monfalcon.

    Terme, J. F. (Jean François), 1790-1850. | Date: 1837
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    The Foundling Hospital: the main buildings seen from within the grounds. Engraving by Elizabeth Byrne after J. P. Neale, 1816.

    Neale, John Preston, 1771?-1847. | Date: 1 June 1816 | Reference: 37762i
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    A boy kneeling, holding a baby bird found while raking corn, with a woman and a girl, each holding a rake. Lithograph.

    | Reference: 38230i
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    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.

    Hogarth, William, 1697-1764. | Date: 1739 | Reference: 38278i
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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.

    Boitard, Louis-Philippe, active 1733-1770. | Date: 1753 | Reference: 36982i
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