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#OnThisDay in 1737 after gathering support from the wealthy and influential (including 25 dukes, 31 earls and 38 knights) Thomas Coram gave his petition for a Foundling Hospital to be built to the King’s Council. #FoundlingFact
#DidYouKnow Foundling Hospital founder Thomas Coram is supposed to have walked around with pockets full of gingerbread, which he would give to the foundlings #NationalBiscuitDay
#OnThisDay 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
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."
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The Lost Words exhibition at the Foundling Museum explores the widening gulf between childhood and the natural world in the 21st century
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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 @FoundlingMuseum #williamhogarth
#inktoberday30 I am really excited to show you this little ‘foundling’ for today’s prompt #found #inktober #faefolk @jakeparker @inktober
#onthisday in 1750 Handel's Messiah was first performed in the Foundling Hospital Chapel as a benefit concert, then on a yearly tradition
foundling apples, painted by m. strange, 1914
#onthisday in 1697 William Hogarth was born. Our Collection includes his painting of Thomas Coram & design for the Foundling Hospital emblem
#Write a story based on your favourite foundling! http://t.co/nBkfn0T611
#HoorayForHetty