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This is a view of the Foundling Hospital seen from the surrounding fields. The Hospital was still under construction at this time although Wilson has omitted any evidence of this, presumably in order to present a more idealised image of the Hospital. The West Wing for the boys had been completed in October 1745 but the East Wing and the Chapel were still unfinished when Wilson produced this painting. Wilson donated this work along with another landscape painting of St George's Hospital to the Foundling Hospital in 1746. The pair were displayed alongside six other roundels of London hospitals and educational institutions. The Court Room was one of the first public spaces for the display of British art and therefore a major opportunity to attract wealthy patrons.