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Captain Thomas Coram (1668–1751)
Captain Thomas Coram (1668–1751)
Captain Thomas Coram (1668–1751)
Captain Thomas Coram (1668–1751)
Captain Thomas Coram (1668–1751)
Captain Thomas Coram (1668–1751)
Captain Thomas Coram (1668–1751)
Captain Thomas Coram (1668–1751)
Captain Thomas Coram (1668–1751)
Captain Thomas Coram (1668–1751)

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Thomas Coram, after the William Hogarth portrait of 1740.

Foundling Museum

London

Title

Captain Thomas Coram (1668–1751)

Date

1963

Medium

bronze

Measurements

H 170 x W 130 x D 114 cm (E)

Accession number

TEMP01

Work type

Statue

Signature/marks description

on right of base: Morris / Singer / FOUNDERS / LONDON; on left of base: Wm. MCMILLAN Sc., 1963.

Inscription description

on front of base: THOMAS CORAM / 1668 - 1751 / PIONEER IN THE CARE OF CHILD WELFARE; plaque on back of plinth: THOMAS CORAM was born at Lyme Regis, Dorset in 1668. / He became a Captain in the Merchant Navy trading between / England and America. For several years he lived in America / as a Shipwright gaining a great reputation as an expert on / all matters concerning the Colonies. As a staunch Churchman / he realised the importance of the spiritual needs of the settlers / and left land in trust for the building of a church in Taunton, / Massachusetts. He became a Younger Brother of Trinity House / and a trustee of the Colony of Georgia and settled in London in / 1720. Here, in 1739, he established the Foundling Hospital for / which a Royal Charter was obtained. He died in 1751 and his / body now rests in the Church of Saint Andrew, Holborn. The / great pioneer work begun by Captain Coram is continued under / the name of the Thomas Coram Foundation for Children. This / statue was erected by the Governors in 1963

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