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- Creator:
- Cave, François Morellon La, active approximately 1700-1766, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [1739]
- Call Number:
- Folio 75 H67 800 v.2 (Oversize)
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- 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
- Alternative Title:
- To all to whom these presents shall come
- Description:
- Title, state, and date from Paulson., Added title from caption below image., Signed: By order of the said governors & guardians., Sheet trimmed on right and left edges., Ms. note in Steevens's hand in pencil above print: Power of Attorney. See Mr. Nichols's book, 3d edit. p. 253., and On page 101 in volume 2.
- Publisher:
- publisher not identified
- Subject (Name):
- Foundling Hospital (London, England)
- Subject (Topic):
- Children, Death, and Orphanages
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > [The foundlings] [graphic]
