Father's Leave-Taking
Medium
Etching on ivory laid paper
Dimensions
Plate: 18.9 × 25 cm (7 1/2 × 9 7/8 in.); Sheet: 33.3 × 47.5 cm (13 1/8 × 18 3/4 in.)
Classification
etching
Department
Prints and Drawings
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
129473
Rights
Public Domain
About the Artist
William Holman Hunt · 1813–1907
**William Holman Hunt (1827–1910)** was an English painter and a founding member of the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood, renowned for his meticulous attention to detail, vivid colors, and symbolic depth in both religious and contemporary subjects. Born William Hobman Hunt on 2 April 1827 in Cheapside, London, to a warehouse manager, he initially worked as an office clerk before gaining admission to th...