‘Take your Son, Sir’ ?1851-92 Ford Madox Brown 1821-1893 Presented by Miss Emily Sargent and Mrs Ormond in memory of their brother, John S. Sargent 1929 http://www.tate.org.uk/art/work/N04429
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