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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.

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.

The mother of Moses sadly abandons her child by the river Nile. Etching by C. Heath, 1821, after R. Westall after N. Poussin, 1654.

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].

Thomas Coram, in the foreground an infant in a basket, in the background the Foundling Hospital. Line engraving by J. Brooke, 1751, after B. Nebot, 1741.

Foundling Hospital, London. Etching by H. Roberts, 1749, after J. Robinson after T. Jacobson.

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

1 print : lithograph ; image 9.6 x 8.7 cm

A boy kneeling, holding a baby bird found while raking corn, with a woman and a girl, each holding a rake. Lithograph.

<p>Coram is shown carrying the Royal Charter, granted in 1739, under his arm. Hogarth made the original drawing for this print which was used to head the subscription roll of the hospital</p>

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.

1 print : engraving, with watercolour ; image 25.4 x 41.2 cm

1 print : engraving ; image 8.4 x 14.2 cm

The Foundling Hospital, Holborn, London: a south-east view and a bird's-eye view. Engraving by J. Green after S. Wale, 1761.

Le droit de l'enfant abandonné et le système hongrois de protection de l'enfance / par Zoltan de Bosnyak et cte L. Edelsheim-Gyulai ; avec une préf. de M. le comte Jules Andrássy.

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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.

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 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 south-east view and a bird's-eye view. Engraving by J. Green after S. Wale, 1761.

Le droit de l'enfant abandonné et le système hongrois de protection de l'enfance / par Zoltan de Bosnyak et cte L. Edelsheim-Gyulai ; avec une préf. de M. le comte Jules Andrássy.

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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.

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 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 south-east view and a bird's-eye view. Engraving by J. Green after S. Wale, 1761.

Le droit de l'enfant abandonné et le système hongrois de protection de l'enfance / par Zoltan de Bosnyak et cte L. Edelsheim-Gyulai ; avec une préf. de M. le comte Jules Andrássy.

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