Foundling Hospital: Captain Coram and several children, the latter carrying implements of work, a church and ships in the distance. Steel engraving by H. Setchell after W. Hogarth.

  • Hogarth, William, 1697-1764.
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Foundling Hospital: Captain Coram and several children, the latter carrying implements of work, a church and ships in the distance. Steel engraving by H. Setchell after W. Hogarth. Wellcome Collection. Public Domain Mark. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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Description

The central figure, holding the Royal Charter is founder Thomas Coram. The design tells the story of Coram's project: a mother deserts her baby and it is cared for and educated by the Foundling Hospital

Publication/Creation

London (Temple of the Muses, Finsbury Square) : Jones & Co.

Physical description

1 print : engraving, with etching ; image 11.4 x 19.5 cm

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Lettering

The foundlings. Engraved by H. Setchell from the original drawing by Hogarth

References note

R. Paulson, Hogarth, his life, his art, and times, New Haven & London, 1971, II, p.38 reproduction of the drawing
R. Paulson, Hogart's graphic works, 3 ed., London 1989, p. 189 [225]

Reference

Wellcome Collection 39170i

Reproduction note

Hogarth's original design was engraved by La Cave and used as a headpiece to a Power of Attourney for collecting subscriptions for the Foundling Hospital, see also Wellcome Library catalogue no. 38278i

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