Children in front of a foundling hospital engaged in various industrious activities; on the right a weeping woman kneels, holding a handkerchief to her eyes, her child having fallen into the river behind her. A man turns to look at her; he holds a folio with the words "The Royal Charter" etched at the top. In the distance, a view of the coast and ships at sea
Description:
Title from caption below image., Plate from: Ireland, J. A supplement to Hogarth illustrated. London : [J. Ireland], 1798., "Page 257"--Upper right corner., Copy after Hogarth. See Paulson, R. Hogarth's graphic works, no. 225., and Sheet trimmed on right and left edges.
