'The Foundling Hospital, a bird's eye view' 1753. By Thomas Bowles Jr (1689 or 1690-1767) after Louis Philippe Boitard, active (1734-1760). The Foundling Hospital in London, England was founded in 1741 by Thomas Coram (c1668-1751). It was a children's home established for the "education and maintenance of exposed and deserted young children." The Hospital was designed by Theodore Jacobsen (d1772).

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