The Widower
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The Widower is a poignant 19th-century social realist painting by Samuel Luke Fildes depicting a grieving father caring for his children in the aftermath of his wife's death.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| The Widower canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9210735 — 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: The Widower Context triple: [Samuel Luke Fildes, notableWork, The Widower]
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A.
The Widow
The Widow is a British television drama-thriller series starring Kate Beckinsale as a woman who travels to the Congo after discovering clues that suggest her presumed-dead husband may still be alive.
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B.
The Widow
The Widow is a tragic female character in Nikos Kazantzakis's novel "Zorba the Greek," whose relationship with the narrator and subsequent fate highlight the clash between individual desire and oppressive social norms in a Cretan village.
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C.
The Widow
"The Widow" is a humorous sketch or tale within Washington Irving's 1822 collection *Bracebridge Hall*, depicting the social life and character studies of English country gentry.
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D.
The Widow and Her Son
"The Widow and Her Son" is a sentimental short story by Washington Irving that portrays the quiet dignity and sorrow of a poor widow devoted to her only child.
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E.
The Eternal Husband
The Eternal Husband is a psychological novella by Fyodor Dostoevsky that explores guilt, jealousy, and obsession through the tense relationship between a widower and his late wife's former lover.
- 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: The Widower Target entity description: The Widower is a poignant 19th-century social realist painting by Samuel Luke Fildes depicting a grieving father caring for his children in the aftermath of his wife's death.
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A.
The Widow
The Widow is a British television drama-thriller series starring Kate Beckinsale as a woman who travels to the Congo after discovering clues that suggest her presumed-dead husband may still be alive.
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B.
The Widow
The Widow is a tragic female character in Nikos Kazantzakis's novel "Zorba the Greek," whose relationship with the narrator and subsequent fate highlight the clash between individual desire and oppressive social norms in a Cretan village.
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C.
The Widow
"The Widow" is a humorous sketch or tale within Washington Irving's 1822 collection *Bracebridge Hall*, depicting the social life and character studies of English country gentry.
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D.
The Widow and Her Son
"The Widow and Her Son" is a sentimental short story by Washington Irving that portrays the quiet dignity and sorrow of a poor widow devoted to her only child.
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E.
The Eternal Husband
The Eternal Husband is a psychological novella by Fyodor Dostoevsky that explores guilt, jealousy, and obsession through the tense relationship between a widower and his late wife's former lover.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (42)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
painting
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social realist painting ⓘ |
| artForm | easel painting ⓘ |
| artist | Samuel Luke Fildes ⓘ |
| artisticStyle |
realism
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social realism ⓘ |
| colorPalette | muted tones ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| creator | Samuel Luke Fildes ⓘ |
| creatorNationality | British ⓘ |
| depicts |
Victorian working-class life
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children ⓘ domestic interior ⓘ grieving father ⓘ mourning ⓘ poverty ⓘ widower ⓘ |
| depictsAgeGroup |
adult male
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children ⓘ |
| depictsClass | working class ⓘ |
| depictsEmotion |
care
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despair ⓘ sorrow ⓘ |
| depictsEvent | aftermath of wife's death ⓘ |
| emotionalTone |
poignant
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somber ⓘ |
| genre | social realism ⓘ |
| hasHistoricalContext | Victorian era ⓘ |
| hasMedium |
canvas
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oil paint ⓘ |
| hasPerspective | interior scene ⓘ |
| languageOfTitle | English ⓘ |
| mainSubject | father caring for his children after his wife's death ⓘ |
| movement |
Social Realism
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linked to:
Social realism
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| narrativeTheme |
family hardship
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grief ⓘ parental responsibility ⓘ social inequality ⓘ widowhood ⓘ |
| setting | modest working-class home ⓘ |
| timePeriodDepicted | 19th century ⓘ |
| title | The Widower ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: The Widower Description of subject: The Widower is a poignant 19th-century social realist painting by Samuel Luke Fildes depicting a grieving father caring for his children in the aftermath of his wife's death.
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