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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