![]() ![]() Emma Brownlow was the daughter of the Hospital’s Secretary, John Brownlow, who was himself a former foundling.” Mothers were required to present the Secretary with the receipt that they were given when their child was admitted to the Hospital as proof of identity. She is clearly overcome with emotion at the sight of her child and has dropped the receipt on the floor. “This heavily romanticised scene depicts a mother reclaiming her child at the Foundling Hospital. The Foundling Restored to Its Mother (1858) by Emma Brownlow (1832–1905). During the process, mothers was not required to give their names at disposal and it was not until 1772 that a much more formal receipt would be recorded and kept by both parties for future reclamation. ![]() ![]() Meanwhile, tokens collected from the mothers were the only proofs in case of them reclaiming their respective foundlings in future. In the years between 17, the Foundling Hospital in London received babies using the lottery system: red balls were to put them on the waiting list black would be straight refusals. The Shrimp Girl, William Hogarth (1697–1764). ![]()
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