The Father's Leave-Taking, 1879, Etching on off-white paper, image: 7 1/8 x 9 5/8 in. (18.1 x 24.5 cm), Prints, William Holman Hunt (British, London 1827–1910 London), This print portrays Hunt’s second wife, Edith, holding their daughter Gladys. The pose recalls a Madonna of Humility, and the intense realism is characteristically endowed with symbolic resonance—after losing his first wife to sudden illness the artist was deeply aware of life’s fragility
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Father, Leave-Taking, 1879, Etching, off-white paper, image, 7 1/8 x 9 5/8, 18.1 24.5 cm, Prints, William Holman Hunt, British, London, 1827–1910, print, portrays, Hunt, second, wife, Edith, holding, daughter Gladys, pose recalls, Madonna, Humility, intense realism, characteristically endowed, symbolic resonance—, losing, first wife, sudden illness, artist, deeply aware, life, fragility
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