Knowledge Quarter staff and friends are welcome to join our private breakfast view of Portraying Pregnancy at the Foundling Museum. Enjoy privileged out-of-hours access to the exhibition in the company of like-minded individuals living and working in the Knowledge Quarter.

This exhibition brings together images of women who were depicted at a time when they were pregnant (whether visibly so or not). Through paintings, prints, photographs, objects and clothing from the fifteenth century to the present day, discover the different ways in which pregnancy was, or was not, represented; how shifting social attitudes have impacted on depictions of pregnant women; how the possibility of death in childbirth brought additional tension to such representations; and how more recent images, which often reflect increased female agency and empowerment, still remain highly charged.

About the Foundling Museum:

The Foundling Museum tells the history of the Foundling Hospital, the UK’s first children’s charity and first public art gallery. The museum aims to inspire everyone to make a positive contribution to society, by celebrating the power of individuals and the arts to change lives.