[The Foundlings], William Hogarth, 1739

Headpiece designed for a power of attorney authorizing collectors of donations to the foundling hospital; thomas coram receiving a baby from a weeping mother, beside whom a dagger lies on the ground, and, on the left, uniformed children emerging from the hospital carrying the tools of various useful trades; proof before the inscription on coram's book, or the document. 1739 etching and engraving. Date: 1739. Dimensions: Height: 126 mm (cropped); Height: 359 mm (sheet); Width: 219 mm (sheet); Width: 217 mm. Medium: paper. Depicted People: Thomas Coram. Collection: British Museum. (The Foundlings) (BM 1868,0822.1553)