Asylum for the St Ann's Society Schools, Brixton. Lithograph by C.J. Hullmandel after J.H. Taylor, 1829.

Istituto di St. Michele (home for delinquent children), Rome, Italy. Etching by I. Noval after G. Vasi, 1747.

1 folded sheet (5 unnumbered pages) : black and white illustrations ; 18 cm x 35 cm folded to 18 cm x12 cm

Foundling Hospital : Thomas Coram School, Berkhamsted.

1 print : lithograph ; image and border 22.8 x 37.1 cm

1 video cassette (VHS) (30 min.) : sound, colour, PAL.

Guinea pig kids.

1 print : etching ; platemark 18.8 x 26.2 cm

Where love is : the fostering of young children / [Josephine Balls] ; with a preface by John Bowlby.

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Children - Institutional care

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Foundling Hospital : Thomas Coram School, Berkhamsted.

Asylum for the St Ann's Society Schools, Brixton. Lithograph by C.J. Hullmandel after J.H. Taylor, 1829.

Guinea pig kids.

Istituto di St. Michele (home for delinquent children), Rome, Italy. Etching by I. Noval after G. Vasi, 1747.

Where love is : the fostering of young children / [Josephine Balls] ; with a preface by John Bowlby.

Children - Institutional care

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Works from the collections

Foundling Hospital : Thomas Coram School, Berkhamsted.

Asylum for the St Ann's Society Schools, Brixton. Lithograph by C.J. Hullmandel after J.H. Taylor, 1829.

Guinea pig kids.

Istituto di St. Michele (home for delinquent children), Rome, Italy. Etching by I. Noval after G. Vasi, 1747.

Where love is : the fostering of young children / [Josephine Balls] ; with a preface by John Bowlby.

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