A perspective view of the Foundling Hospital, engraved by Edward Rooker, 1749 by Samuel Wale
© Bridgeman Art Library / Private Collection
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- A perspective view of the Foundling Hospital, engraved by Edward Rooker, 1749
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- Samuel Wale
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- XJF394231
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- Bridgeman Art Library
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- © Bridgeman Art Library / Private Collection
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the Foundling hospital was founded by Captain Thomas Coram (c.1668-1751) in 1739 as a home for deserted children; image shows a queue of women outside with their babies, ready to hand them over to the hospital; a statue of Fortune stands outside the gate and a statue of Charity stands inside; Edward Rooker (1724-74);
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