The Foundling Hospital · At the 1884 Whitechapel Exhibition

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Title: The Foundling Hospital
Actual Title: A Mother Depositing her Child at the Foundling Hospital in Paris
Artist: H. O'Neil
Artist Full Name: Henry Nelson O'Neil (1817-1880)
Date (Painted or Exhibited): c. 1855
Type: oil on board
Size (HxW mm): 381 x 279
Current Location: Foundling Museum, London, Purchased by the Thomas Coram Foundation, 1987: FM47
Lent By: S.G. Holland, Esq.
Catalog Number: 172
Catalog Page: 21
Alt-Text: A woman in a long brown dress leans against the bars of a stone building, looking distressed. A basket with a baby inside sits beneath the window. Two figures walk away in the background on the cobblestone street.
Image Credit: By permission of the Foundling Museum, London