A note from Thomas Coram, the founder of the 'Foundling Hospital' Size:S: 60 x 45cm One of four scenes of

One of four scenes of Inquisition torture

A letter from Dr Smollett to Samuel Richardson

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

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A note from Thomas Coram, the founder of the 'Foundling Hospital' Size:S: 60 x 45cm One of four scenes ofA 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).