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Foundling Hospital:


Subject Literature » Victorian Literature

DOI: 10.1111/b.9781405151191.2007.x


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the brainchild of Thomas Coram, merchant of London, the hospital received its charter in 1739 and opened in 1745. It was for the illegitimate children and orphans of the poor, and it quickly became a popular charity, especially through the regular performances of Handel’s Messiah from 1750 on. Tattycoram in Little Dorrit illustrates some of the ambiguities and frustrations of the position of these children when taken into well-off households. Charlotte in her quest for the realities of London life visited the hospital on her last visit there in January 1853. ... log in or subscribe to read full text

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