Back in April I stumbled across an article at the Ultimate History Project website titled "Baby Farmers and Angelmakers: Childcare in 19th century England." It was a disturbing account of the terrible mistreatment of children under paid fosterage in Victorian England. The article included a photo labeled "Slum children in London, c. 1880" and it prompted me to execute a very quick sketch of what is perhaps two siblings huddle close together (sketch below): The experience of