Foundling Hospital: above, the achievement of arms, below, Captain Coram and several children, carrying implements of work, a church and ships in the distance. Engraving by T. Cook, 1809, after W. Hogarth, 1739.
- Hogarth, William, 1697-1764.
- Date:
- 1 July 1809
- Reference:
- 37640i
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The lower scene shows Coram carrying the Royal Charter, granted in 1739, under his arm. Hogarth made the original drawing to head the subscription roll of the hospital
Publication/Creation
[London] : Longman, Hurst, Rees & Orme, 1 July 1809.
Physical description
1 print : engraving ; border 17.1 x 13.9 cm
Lettering
Arms of the Foundling Hospital. Several children of the Foundling Hospital. ; Hogarth pinxt. ; T. Cook sculpt.
References note
R. Paulson, Hogarth, his life, his art, and times, New Haven & London, 1971, II, p.38 reproduction of the drawing
R. Paulson, Hogarth's graphic work, London, 1989, p.189, pp.191-2, reproduction of a different version of the print, plate 230
Reference
Wellcome Collection 37640i
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