William Hogarth - (The Foundlings) (BM Cc,1.122)

Headpiece designed for a Power of Attorney authorizing collectors of donations to the Foundling Hospital; Thomas Coram receiving a baby from a weeping mother, beside whom a dagger lies on the ground, and, on the left, uniformed children emerging from the Hospital carrying the tools of various useful trades; proof before letters. 1739
Etching and engraving