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Lithograph portrait of a man with swept-back hair, dark high collar and waistcoat, with handwritten signature below.

John George Children. Lithograph by W. Drummond, 1835, after E. U. Eddis

Eden Upton Eddis

Line engraving title page with oval portrait of a long-haired man, allegorical women, putti, surgical instruments and a Latin

François Mauriceau. Line engraving by J.A. Boener, 1680

Johann Alexander Boener

Etched title page of children gathered around a woman pointing at explorer portraits on library columns, with books on the fl

Children being instructed in the exploits of famous explorers such as Columbus and Cook, whose portraits are shown in…

Stipple engraved portrait of an older man with white hair in a dark coat and cravat, captioned John George Children.

John George Children. Stipple engraving by W. Raddon, 1839, after E. U. Eddis

Eden Upton Eddis

Mezzotint portrait of a bearded wild boy in a long coat standing in forest foliage with a bowl and scattered nuts.

Peter, the wild boy. Mezzotint by V. Green after P. Falconet

Aquatint portrait of a standing boy in a dark suit and lace collar, holding a riding crop, with a countryside landscape behin

George Bidder, a mental calculator, as a boy. Aquatint by H. Meyer, 1817, after W. Waite

Hand-coloured lithograph of a woman in Neapolitan costume holding a baby before a sparse landscape.

A woman dressed in Neapolitan costume holding a baby. Coloured lithograph by A.C. Ledoux (?)

Engraved full-length portrait of Thomas Coram with a basket infant at his feet and the Foundling Hospital behind him.

Thomas Coram, in the foreground an infant in a basket, in the background the Foundling Hospital. Line engraving by J.…

Balthasar Nebot

Engraving of a cleric holding a baby while reaching for another infant abandoned in the snow on church steps.

Saint Vincent de Paul: he rescues a baby abandoned in the snow. Line engraving by P. Baquoy after N. A. Monsiaux

Nicolas-André Monsiau