Child whose parents are dead or have abandoned them permanently

The London Orphan Asylum, Clapton. Engraving, 1838, after T. H. Shepherd.

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Orphans.

Two young children comfort their mother as she mourns at the tomb of her dead husband. Engraving by F. Bacon after Miss L. Sharpe.

Orphan Asylum, New York. Coloured wood engraving by L. Casing-Barrett.

Two children are brought to the nurses of the Asylum for Female Orphans, Lambeth, London. Etching.

Invitation to a dinner of the Guardians of the Asylum for Female Orphans: with a scene of a soldier falling in battle, and a widow and daughters. Engraving by W. Skelton, 1822, after T. Stothard.

Girard College, Philadelphia. Lithograph by J.C. Wild, 1838, after T.U. Walter.

Hassan, Karnataka, India: young women fetching water from a well at an orphanage. Photograph.

The Big One : Red Nose Day 16 March 07 : by using this little envelope you can change someone's life forever / Comic Relief.

The female orphan asylum, Westminster Bridge Road, Lambeth. Engraving.

Orphans and foundlings in early modern Europe / Brian Pullan.

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Child, Orphaned

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Images featuring Child, Orphaned

Works from the collections

The Big One : Red Nose Day 16 March 07 : by using this little envelope you can change someone's life forever / Comic Relief.

The female orphan asylum, Westminster Bridge Road, Lambeth. Engraving.

Orphans and foundlings in early modern Europe / Brian Pullan.

Your invitation to view Caley Robinson paintings : the Wellcome Trust has great pleasure in inviting you to the unveiling of: 'Acts of mercy', the Middlesex Hospital paintings by Frederick Cayley Robinson (1862-1927) in their new home in the Wellcome Library.

Erhebungsbogen der Witwen- und Waisen-Pension aus der medicinischen Witwen- und Waisen-Societäts-Casse für ...

Child, Orphaned

Images from the collections

Images featuring Child, Orphaned

Works from the collections

The Big One : Red Nose Day 16 March 07 : by using this little envelope you can change someone's life forever / Comic Relief.

The female orphan asylum, Westminster Bridge Road, Lambeth. Engraving.

Orphans and foundlings in early modern Europe / Brian Pullan.

Your invitation to view Caley Robinson paintings : the Wellcome Trust has great pleasure in inviting you to the unveiling of: 'Acts of mercy', the Middlesex Hospital paintings by Frederick Cayley Robinson (1862-1927) in their new home in the Wellcome Library.

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