The Hall, Blue Coat School March 1, 1808 Designed and etched by Thomas Rowlandson Edward VI founded the first bluecoat school in 1552 and it was housed in Christ's Hospital, Greyfriars, Newgate Street, London. A charitable institution, it educated poor children and, by the eighteenth-century sixty schools following this model existed in other parts of England. The students wear a distinctive blue uniform, a color associated with charity, paired with yellow stockings with white bands. Two here address assembled supporters and masters in an impressive hall. Buildings opposite St. Paul's Cathedral were destroyed in the Fire of London in 1666, and then rebuilt to designs by Sir Christopher Wren. Shown in this print, they survived until bombed during the Second World War. Today, the school has moved to West Sussex and is supported by a charitable foundation.. The Hall, Blue Coat School. Microcosm of London, pl. 10. Designed and etched by Thomas Rowlandson (British, London 1757-1827 London).
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