Charity (or 'Children Engaged in Navigation and Husbandry')

Image credit: Foundling Museum

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A relief depicting children farming and raising the anchor of a ship. A church is visible in the top right-hand corner.

The Foundling Museum

London

Title

Charity (or 'Children Engaged in Navigation and Husbandry')

Date

1745

Medium

marble

Measurements

H 75 x W 122 x D (?) cm

Accession number

FM283

Acquisition method

presented by the artist

Work type

Relief

Signature/marks description

on the bottom edge: M. Rysbrack fecit et donnavit

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