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  • A man (Guillaume le franc-parleur) showing his wife a newborn baby: she is torn between outrage at her husband's supposed infidelity and love for the baby. Engraving by A. Coupé after A. Desenne, 1814, after Étienne Jouy.
  • A man (Guillaume le franc-parleur) showing his wife a newborn baby: she is torn between outrage at her husband's supposed infidelity and love for the baby. Engraving by A. Coupé after A. Desenne, 1814, after Étienne Jouy.
  • Saint Vincent de Paul: he rescues a baby abandoned in the snow. Line engraving by P. Baquoy after N. A. Monsiaux.
  • Foundling Hospital, Holborn, London: interior of chapel. Etching by John Sanders, 1774, after himself.
  • Foundling Hospital, Holborn, London: interior of the chapel. Etching by John Sanders, 1774, after himself.
  • Foundling Hospital, Holborn, London: interior of chapel. Etching by John Sanders, 1774, after himself.
  • Cyrus is discovered by a shepherd and a shepherdess while he suckles a dog. Mezzotint by R. Earlom after G.B. Castiglione.
  • Foundling Hospital, London. Etching by H. Roberts, 1749, after J. Robinson after T. Jacobson.
  • The infant Moses is brought before Pharaoh's daughter. Coloured lithograph by F. Hanfstaengl after P. Caliari, il Veronese.
  • Fashionable London comes to observe Sunday lunch at the Foundling Hospital. Wood engraving by J. Swain, 1872, after H.T. Green.
  • Fashionable London comes to observe Sunday lunch at the Foundling Hospital. Wood engraving by J. Swain, 1872, after H.T. Green.
  • Moses is retrieved from the Nile by Egyptian women. Engraving by S. Smith, 1786, after G. Robertson after F. Zuccarelli.
  • The foundling Moses is brought to Pharoah's daughter. Engraving by W. Hogarth and L. Sullivan, 1752, after the former, c. 1746.
  • The mother of Moses sadly abandons her child by the river Nile. Etching by C. Heath, 1821, after R. Westall after N. Poussin, 1654.
  • Infant Orphan Asylum, Snaresbrook, Essex: perspective view. Coloured lithograph by G. Hawkins after G.G. Scott and W.B. Moffat.
  • The child Aaron being led away by Moses' father, after abandoning Moses in the bullrushes. Etching by C. Bouzonnet-Stella, 1672, after N. Poussin, 1654.
  • Damayanti deserted in the forest: part of the story of Damayanti and Nala. Chromolithograph by R. Varma.