# The Father's Leave-Taking

- By: William Holman Hunt (British, 1827 - 1910)
- Date: 1879
- Medium: etching
- Classification: Print
- Dimensions: plate: 19 x 25.4 cm (7 1/2 x 10 in.) ; sheet: 28.7 x 44 cm (11 5/16 x 17 5/16 in.) ; overall (mat size): 40.6 x 55.9 cm (16 x 22 in.)
- Culture: British
- Credit line: Andrew W. Mellon Fund
- Museum: [National Gallery of Art](https://www.nga.gov/collection/art-object-page.56698.html)
- Rights: [Public domain (NGA Open Access, CC0)](https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/)
- Picture: https://api.nga.gov/iiif/54507344-e021-4fde-92a0-ee0a18a0d2fc/full/!1920,1080/0/default.jpg
- Who can see it: Tweens profiles and older (museums give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the museum's own words)