South view of the Foundling Hospital
Date
1748
Creator
Unknown, Engraver
Object type
Library reference
R62588
Material
Technique
Dimensions
height (print): 145mm
width (print): 215mm
width (print): 215mm
Subject
Description
Panorama showing an elevation of the Foundling Hospital, London, established in 1739 and constructed from 1742, by Thomas Coram. The building is shown with fashionable ladies and gentlemen of the period promenading in the foreground. There is a key below, indicating: ‘1. The Wing already built. 2. Chapel now Erecting. 3. A Wing to be built’.
Plate associated with the review article ‘Extracts from The Nursing and Management of Children…A pamphlet published by order of the Committee for transacting the Affairs of the Foundling Hospital’. The Gentleman’s Magazine, and historical chronicle…[edited] by Sylvanus Urban, v.18, (1748), pp.396-399.
Inscribed with the title, below: ‘South View of Foundling Hospital’. Inscribed lower right ‘T. Jefferys sculp’.
Plate associated with the review article ‘Extracts from The Nursing and Management of Children…A pamphlet published by order of the Committee for transacting the Affairs of the Foundling Hospital’. The Gentleman’s Magazine, and historical chronicle…[edited] by Sylvanus Urban, v.18, (1748), pp.396-399.
Inscribed with the title, below: ‘South View of Foundling Hospital’. Inscribed lower right ‘T. Jefferys sculp’.
Associated place