Foundling or The Foundling may refer to:

Places

  • Foundling hospital, an institution where abandoned children were cared for
  • Foundling Hospital, Dublin, founded 1704
  • Foundling Hospital, Cork, founded 1737
  • Foundling Hospital, founded 1739 in London
  • Foundling Museum, a museum telling the story of the London Foundling Hospital

Literature

  • The Foundling and Other Tales of Prydain, a prequel to Lloyd Alexander's The Chronicles of Prydain
  • The Foundling (Heyer novel), a 1948 novel by Georgette Heyer
  • The Foundling (Leary novel), a 2022 novel by Ann Leary
  • The Foundling (play), a 1748 play by Edward Moore
  • The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling, a 1749 novel by Henry Fielding
  • Monster Blood Tattoo: Foundling, the first book of the Monster Blood Tattoo fantasy trilogy by D. M. Cornish

Music

  • Foundling (album), the ninth studio album by David Gray
  • "Foundling", the album's title track
  • The Foundling (album), a 2010 album by Mary Gauthier
  • "Foundling" (Cardiacs song), 1996
  • "Foundling", a song by the Unthanks from Mount the Air

Film and television

  • The Foundling (1915 film), a silent film directed by John B. O'Brien
  • The Foundling (1916 film), a remake of the 1915 film, was also directed by O'Brien
  • The Foundling (1940 film), a 1940 comedy-drama
  • "The Foundling" (The Waltons), a 1972 television episode
  • "Chapter 20: The Foundling", an episode of The Mandalorian

Other uses

  • An abandoned child, see child abandonment
  • Safe Haven Law, a law that decriminalizes parents leaving their unharmed children at designated spots or with persons, allowing the child to be a ward of the state. It's also known as a Baby Moses law in some states.
  • New York Foundling, a child welfare agency
  • Foundlings (Noon Universe), characters in the fictional Noon Universe created by Arkady and Boris Strugatsky