Colour In: Mother and Baby

Download a colouring-in page of Take Your Son, Sir from Tate's collection

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Colour in sheet of 'Tate Your Son, Sir'
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Unfinished painting of a pale woman holding out a naked baby in a sling of white drapery, a round mirror glowing behind her head like a halo, her dress left as bare canvas with sketched outlines

Ford Madox Brown
‘Take your Son, Sir’ (?1851–92)
Tate

This painting is slightly mysterious. It shows the artist’s wife, Emma, and their new-born son, Arthur Gabriel.

The way Emma is standing looks a little like the way Mary and the baby Jesus are often shown in paintings. But the decoration in the room makes it look like a modern room of the time. Also, the mother doesn't look very happy, so this isn't the usual celebration of being a new mum.

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