Daughters of Venus

Ian Bevan leads of walking tour rediscovering the original sites of Georgian brothels and bath houses, and sharing contemporary accounts of women caught up in London's sexual underworld.

Facing starvation in 18th century London, thousands of unmarried mothers and widows were forced into prostitution, some giving up their children to the Foundling Hospital. City of London Guide Ian Bevan leads a walking tour rediscovering the original sites of Georgian brothels and bath houses, and sharing contemporary accounts of women caught up in London's sexual underworld.

The Foundling Museum tells the story of the Foundling Hospital, London's first home for abandoned children and of three major figures in British history: its campaigning founder the philanthropist Thomas Coram, the artist William Hogarth and the composer George Frideric Handel. This remarkable collection of art, period interiors and social history is now housed in a restored and refurbished building adjacent to the original site of the Hospital, demolished in 1928.

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