Foundling Museum

The Foundling Hospital admitted its first babies in 1741 and was open until 1954 when it placed its last child in foster care

It was founded by Thomas Coram and was the first children's charity and first public art gallery.

When looking for funding the charity targeted the wives of wealthy men as they thought they would be more sympathetic to the cause

Lots of precious artworks

Thomas Coram who would have preferred that I'd taken a better photo

Hogarth's "Gin Lane" showing the conditions on London streets in 1751

Timeline of the Foundling Hospital showing the building of the Thomas Coram School in Swing Gate Lane in Berkhamsted in 1935