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The Soldiers Infant Home, Roslyn-Park, Hampstead, 1856. Creator: Unknown
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The Soldiers Infant Home, Roslyn-Park, Hampstead, 1856. Creator: Unknown
The Soldiers Infant Home, Roslyn-Park, Hampstead, [London], 1856. View of... a Home for the Infant Children of soldiers - the children of those whose mothers have died, and left them without protection...Rosslyn House [is] an extensiive structure, most delightfully situated amid shrubberies and gardens...In a circular room were forty or fifty little girls under the care of the school-mistress....The rosy-faced children looked a wonder of neatness, dressed in their scarlet frocks and lilac pinafores. Most of these little ones have been rescued from great poverty and neglect. Here they will be reared in habits of industry - the greater part of them instructed in the duties of female domestic servants; while the more intelligent it is proposed to instruct as pupil teachers in the educational department of the establishment'. From "Illustrated London News", 1856
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This image, titled "The Soldiers' Infant Home, Roslyn-Park, Hampstead, London, 1856," showcases a remarkable institution dedicated to the care of infants whose soldiers' mothers had passed away, leaving them without protection. Rosslyn House, an extensive structure, is beautifully situated amidst shrubberies and gardens, providing a nurturing environment for these vulnerable children. In the circular room, forty or fifty little girls are seen under the watchful care of a school-mistress. Their rosy faces radiate a sense of wonder and neatness, dressed in their scarlet frocks and lilac pinafores. These children, rescued from great poverty and neglect, will be reared in habits of industry. The majority of them will be instructed in the duties of female domestic servants, while the more intelligent will be trained as pupil teachers in the educational department of the establishment. This evocative engraving, published in the "Illustrated London News" in 1856, offers a glimpse into the social fabric of the Victorian era. The Soldiers' Infant Home, a beacon of hope and compassion, stands as a testament to the resilience and determination of those who sought to improve the lives of the less fortunate. The photograph, taken in the nineteenth century, captures the exterior of the institution with remarkable detail, revealing the architectural grandeur and picturesque surroundings of the Roslyn-Park Home for Soldiers' Infants in Hampstead, London.
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