A note from Thomas Coram, the founder of the 'Foundling Hospital' Size:S: 60 x 45cm View of the Dean's house

View of the Dean's house in Dean's Court

Indian women grinding corn between two round stones

One of four scenes of Inquisition torture

Half-length portrait of Nevil Maskelyne seated in a green square-backed chair

A note from Thomas Coram, the founder of the 'Foundling Hospital' Size:S: 60 x 45cm View of the Dean's houseA note from Thomas Coram, the founder of the 'Foundling Hospital', 1747, (1840). A note to the steward or matron from philanthropist Captain Thomas Coram (1668 1751) who established the Foundling Hospital in London where destitute mothers could anonymously leave their babies. Illustration from Historical and Literary Curiosities consisting of Fac similies of Original Documents, by Charles John Smith, (Henry G Bohn, London, 1840).