Foundling Collection

Foundling Hospital Schools, Berkhamsted
The Foundling Hospital Schools, Berkhamsted. The Hospital was founded in 1739 by Captain Thomas Coram and in 1741 began construction of premises at Bloomsbury Fields, London

Coram / Hogarth / Holl
THOMAS CORAM philanthropist and founder of the Foundling Hospital

Christmas carol service, Foundling Hospital, London
Christmas carol service at the Foundling Hospital, London Date: 1880s

Chartwell, Westerham
A view of Chartwell, Westerham, the home of Sir Winston Churchill. In the 1760s, the property housed a branch of Londons Foundling Hospital. Date: Date unknown

View inside the Chapel, Foundling Hospital, London
View inside the Chapel, Foundling Hospital, Bloomsbury, London, founded by Thomas Coram and opened in the 1740s. Date: 1845

Biblical Tales by John Lawson, Moses in the Bullrushes

Foundling Hospital grounds 1900
Exterior of the Foundling Hospital in London, founded by Captain Thomas Coram, who picked up outcase from London. Childrens home established for the education and maintenance of exposed

Opening of Corams Field and Harmsworth Memorial Playground
On first day of the court moving from full to half-mourning, Elizabeth, Duchess of York (later the Queen Mother 1900-2002), opens Corams Field and Harmsworth Memorial Playground

London Foundling Hospital - Tokens
Some example of the tokens left with children deposited at Londons Foundling Hospital. They allowed parents to prove their connection with their child if ever required to do so

Hong Kong - Berlin Foundling House - Children of all ages outside large Buildings. Part of Box 138 Boswell Collection - Hong Kong. Date: circa 1900

Nurse & Newborn Baby
A smiling young nurse carries a newly born baby, cosily wrapped up in a blanket. Date: 1940s

Coram / Hogarth / Cook
THOMAS CORAM philanthropist and founder of the Foundling Hospital Date: 1668-1751

Coram / Hogarth / Dutillois
THOMAS CORAM philanthropist and founder of the Foundling Hospital Date: 1668-1751

The foundling
Children find a sheep alone in a field and deck it with flowers. Hand-coloured postcard. Artist: Ethel Parkinson Date: 1913

London Foundling Hospital - Dining Room
Long rows of tables in the dining room at Londons Foundling Hospital. Date: circa 1895

London Foundling Hospital - Chapel
Interior of the chapel at Londons Foundling Hospital. Date: circa 1895

London Foundling Hospital - School Room
Long rows of tables in the school room at Londons Foundling Hospital. Date: circa 1895

London Foundling Hospital - Committee Room
The sumptuously decorated Committee Room at Londons Foundling Hospital. Date: circa 1895

London Foundling Hospital - Dormitory
Cots line a dormitory at Londons Foundling Hospital. Each bed has a basket underneath for storing clothes at night. Date: circa 1895

Our Father which art in heaven by W. Holyoake, 1873
A charity child at prayer, described as wearing in the costume of the Bloomsbury Charity(possibly a reference to the clothing worn at the Foundling Hospital.) Date: 1873

FOUNDLINGS IN A TANK
Young children in a tank, an outdoor pool, at a London Foundling Hospital. Date: early 1930s

Daniel Lock
DANIEL LOCK Governor of the Foundling Hospital, London. Date: circa 1762

Stray Dogs in Pound
A Foundling: Lost, stray or unwanted dogs have been caught and put into the pound to await their fates. Hopefully the owners or new ones will take them home soon. Date: 1870s

Feral Children / Hauser
KASPER HAUSER Feral child foundling of Nurnburg Date: 1828

Foundling Hospital, Redhill, Surrey
The Foundling Hospital at Redhill, Surrey. The Hospital was founded in 1739 by Captain Thomas Coram and in 1741 began construction of premises at Bloomsbury Fields, London

Sunday at the Foundling Hospital
This is a scene on sunday at the Foundling Hospital where orphans are sitting down to a meal on long tables and being served by young women in aprons and caps

New Year Foundling
The New Year is depicted as a foundling that has been abandoned by the Old Year

Foundling Toddlers
Toddlers playing outdoors at the Foundling Hospital site in Guildford Street, London

Foundlings at Play
Children playing outdoors in the sunshine at the Foundling Hospital, Guildford Street, London

Foundling Prayer
Group of orphans saying their prayers in the New York Foundling Asylum

Abandoning Child, Paris
A working-class couple, unable to support their child, leave it at the Hospice des Enfants- Trouves (Hospice of found infants), Paris

Adoption Society Babies
Two National Adoption Society babies being held by a nurse. Another woman, possibly a prospective adoptive mother, holds one of the babys hands

Tom Jones the Foundling
Our first sight of the foundling: Tom Jones is carried into the parlour at Mr. Allworthy s

Martin Folkes Antiquary
MARTIN FOLKES Scholar and antiquary, elected President of the Royal Society in 1741. Date: 1690 - 1754

Martin Folkes
MARTIN FOLKES Scholar and antiquary, elected President of the Royal Society in 1741

Foundling Hospital
The Foundling Hospital, London

Foundling Hospital Lond
Children of the Foundling Hospital, London, enjoy their meal despite the number of sightseers

Sunbathing Foundlings
At the Foundling Hospital site in Guildford Street, London, is a sunbathing centre for tiny Londoners, where many babies enjoy sunbathing

Martin Folkes / Hogarth
MARTIN FOLKES Scholar and antiquary, elected President of the Royal Society in 1741

Kaspar Hauser. Foundling at Nuremberg. Feral child

All Professionally Made to Order for Quick Shipping