Arms of the Foundling Hospital Several children of the Foundling Hospital / [graphic]

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Title: Arms of the Foundling Hospital Several children of the Foundling Hospital / [graphic]
Creator: Cook, Thomas, approximately 1744-1818, printmaker
Contributor: Hogarth, William, 1697-1764, artist.
Longman, Hurst, Rees, and Orme, publisher.
Published / Created: July 1st, 1809.
Publication Place: London
Publisher: Published by Longman, Hurst, Rees, & Orme
Abstract: Foundling Hospital: above, the achievement of arms; below, Captain Coram and several children, carrying implements of work, a church and ships in the distance. 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
Description: Title etched below image.
Plate from: Nichols, J. The genuine works of William Hogarth. London : Printed for Longman, Hurst, Rees, and Orme, Paternoster Row, 1808-17, v. 2, page 152.
Sheet trimmed to plate mark on right edge.
Two images on one plate. Top image is a copy of an engraving after Hogarth from ca. 1747; see: Paulson, R. Hogarth's graphic works (3rd rev. ed.), no. 230. Bottom image is a copy of an engraving after Hogarth from the 1740s; see: Paulson, R. Hogarth's graphic works (3rd rev. ed.), no. 225.
Extent: 1 print : plate mark 278 x 223 mm
Language: English

Genre: Book illustrations
Etchings England London 1809
Material: etching ;
Resource Type: still image
Subject (Geographic): Great Britain.
Subject (Name): Coram, Thomas, 1668?-1751,
Foundling Hospital (London, England)
Coram, Thomas, 1668?-1751.
Subject (Topic): Orphanages
Hospitals
Foundlings
Children
Infants
Mothers
Beadles
Heraldry
Ships
Subjects: Coram, Thomas, 1668?-1751
Foundling Hospital (London, England)
Orphanages
Hospitals > Great Britain
Foundlings > Hospitals
Children
Infants
Mothers
Beadles
Heraldry
Ships
England > London > 1809

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