Take your Son, Sir! is an oil on canvas painting by Ford Madox Brown, completed in 1851. The work was created during a period of intense innovation in British art, at a time when Brown was closely associated with the Pre-Raphaelite circle. The painting remains unfinished, with only the upper portion and central figures fully worked, and the lower section left as visible underdrawing. The composition centers on a woman holding a naked infant, both rendered with careful attention to naturalistic detail.

The woman gazes outward, her face framed by a circular mirror or halo-like object, while the infant lies across her lap, swaddled in a grey cloth. The background features a green wall patterned with gold stars and a glimpse of a domestic interior reflected behind the woman. The use of bright, clear colors and precise brushwork is characteristic of Pre-Raphaelite technique, while the unfinished areas reveal the artist’s preparatory process. The work is notable for its unfinished state, which provides insight into Ford Madox Brown’s working methods.

It stands as an example of mid-nineteenth-century British painting, reflecting both the technical ambitions and the thematic concerns of its period.