Take your Son, Sir!
E191594
"Take your Son, Sir!" is a late 19th-century painting by Ford Madox Brown that poignantly depicts a tense moment of maternal confrontation and social judgment.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Take your Son, Sir! canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1695515 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Take your Son, Sir! Context triple: [Ford Madox Brown, notableWork, Take your Son, Sir!]
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A.
Father to a Son
Father to a Son is a song by the American rock band Saviors.
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B.
Of Honour and Reputation
"Of Honour and Reputation" is a reflective essay exploring the nature, sources, and social importance of personal honor and public esteem.
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C.
Charge of the Heavy Brigade
The Charge of the Heavy Brigade was a successful but lesser-known British cavalry assault against Russian forces during the Battle of Balaclava in the Crimean War.
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D.
Letter to His Father
Letter to His Father is a long, unsent autobiographical letter by Franz Kafka in which he confronts and analyzes his fraught relationship with his domineering father.
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E.
I Want a Son
"I Want a Son" is a song recorded by Kenny Rogers, released as the B-side to his 1982 single "Love Will Turn You Around."
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Take your Son, Sir! Target entity description: "Take your Son, Sir!" is a late 19th-century painting by Ford Madox Brown that poignantly depicts a tense moment of maternal confrontation and social judgment.
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A.
Father to a Son
Father to a Son is a song by the American rock band Saviors.
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B.
Of Honour and Reputation
"Of Honour and Reputation" is a reflective essay exploring the nature, sources, and social importance of personal honor and public esteem.
-
C.
Charge of the Heavy Brigade
The Charge of the Heavy Brigade was a successful but lesser-known British cavalry assault against Russian forces during the Battle of Balaclava in the Crimean War.
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D.
Letter to His Father
Letter to His Father is a long, unsent autobiographical letter by Franz Kafka in which he confronts and analyzes his fraught relationship with his domineering father.
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E.
I Want a Son
"I Want a Son" is a song recorded by Kenny Rogers, released as the B-side to his 1982 single "Love Will Turn You Around."
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (41)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
painting
ⓘ
work of art ⓘ |
| artHistoricalContext |
Victorian art
ⓘ
mid-19th-century British painting ⓘ |
| artist | Ford Madox Brown ⓘ |
| collection |
Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery collection
ⓘ
linked to:
Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery
|
| colorPalette | rich, detailed Pre-Raphaelite palette ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| creator | Ford Madox Brown ⓘ |
| depicts |
Victorian morality
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confrontation between a woman and an implied male viewer ⓘ illegitimacy ⓘ interior domestic setting ⓘ male figure seen in reflection ⓘ mirror reflection ⓘ mother and child ⓘ social judgment ⓘ |
| genre | genre painting ⓘ |
| hasAuthor | Ford Madox Brown ⓘ |
| hasTitle | Take your Son, Sir! ⓘ |
| inception | c. 1851–1857 ⓘ |
| interpretation |
critique of Victorian social norms
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dramatization of female anger and accusation ⓘ |
| languageOfTitle | English ⓘ |
| location | Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery ⓘ |
| mainSubject | woman holding a baby toward the viewer ⓘ |
| materialUsed | oil paint ⓘ |
| medium | oil on canvas ⓘ |
| movement |
Pre-Raphaelite
ⓘ
linked to:
Pre-Raphaelite art
|
| narrativeFocus |
maternal confrontation
ⓘ
paternal responsibility ⓘ |
| partOf |
Ford Madox Brown’s oeuvre
ⓘ
linked to:
Ford Madox Brown
|
| perspective | viewer addressed as the father ⓘ |
| settingPeriod | Victorian era ⓘ |
| surface | canvas ⓘ |
| theme |
gender relations
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illegitimate child ⓘ motherhood ⓘ sexual double standard ⓘ social hypocrisy ⓘ |
| titleLanguage | English ⓘ |
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Instruction
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Subject: Take your Son, Sir! Description of subject: "Take your Son, Sir!" is a late 19th-century painting by Ford Madox Brown that poignantly depicts a tense moment of maternal confrontation and social judgment.
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