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An orphanage is a residential institution, total institution or group home, devoted to the care of orphans and children who, for various reasons, cannot be cared for by their biological families. The
Former Jewish orphanage in Berlin-Pankow
Sofianlehto Orphanage from 1930 in Helsinki, Finland
Plaque where once stood the ruota ("the wheel"), the place to abandon children at the side of the Chiesa della Pietà, the church of an orphanage in Venice. The plaque cites on a Papal bull by Paul III dated 12 November 1548, threatens "excommunication and maledictions" for all those who – having the means to rear a child – choose to abandon him/her instead. Such ex-communication may not be canceled until the culprit refunds all freights incurred to raise the baby.
Caring for orphans, by Dutch artist Jan de Bray, 1663
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An orphan is a child whose parents have died, are unknown, or have permanently abandoned them. The Shorter Oxford English Dictionary, 3rd edition, defines the term: "One deprived by death of father or
Orphanage
…An orphanage is a residential institution, total institution or group home, devoted to the care of orphans and children who, for various reasons, cannot be cared for by their biological families. The parents may be deceased, absent, or abusive. There may be…
Orphans by Thomas Kennington, oil on canvas, 1885
Orphan on mother's grave by Uroš Predić in 1888
An 1835 portrait by Félix Taunay, depicting the orphaned Emperor Pedro II of Brazil (aged 9) and his sisters, Princesses Francisca and Januária, in mourning attire following the death of their father, Pedro I, in late 1834. Having lost their mother, Empress Maria Leopoldina, in 1826, the young siblings were raised under the care of appointed tutors and guardians.
Mime offers food to the young Siegfried, an orphan he is raising; Illustration by Arthur Rackham to Richard Wagner's Siegfried