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1751 Thomas Coram died. It was thanks to him that after 17 years of tireless campaigning, he finally received a Royal Charter from King George II in 1739 enabling him to establish his Foundling Hospital to care for & educate some of London’s most vulnerable inhabitants

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2018-03-29

A fab review for 'The Foundling Fairy', by Flick Jones!

"The Foundling fairy is an amazing book I could read it over and over again. This book made me happy, sad and cheerful through the good times and the bad. I definitely give this book 10 out of 10."

https://t.co/JdSnOkqI8w

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2018-03-01

The Lost Words exhibition at the Foundling Museum explores the widening gulf between childhood and the natural world in the 21st century
https://t.co/9qPl5823O5

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2018-02-01

This drawing by Hogarth was used to solicit support for the Foundling Hospital in 1739. The hospital cared for the numerous abandoned babies in London, and was campaigned for by Thomas Coram. Coram’s portrait by Hogarth now hangs in the

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2017-12-02

I am really excited to show you this little ‘foundling’ for today’s prompt

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2017-10-31

in 1750 Handel's Messiah was first performed in the Foundling Hospital Chapel as a benefit concert, then on a yearly tradition

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2017-05-01

foundling apples, painted by m. strange, 1914

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2016-12-31

in 1697 William Hogarth was born. Our Collection includes his painting of Thomas Coram & design for the Foundling Hospital emblem

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2016-11-11