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Wicked Husbandman
Presented by Gilbert Dalziel 1924
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Bible: New Testament
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<p>October 1862 Millais wrote to the Dalziels: ‘Here at last is another Parable &amp; another is in hand this week. The quality of the work speaks for itself and I need not tell you to cut it with all your might... I have done the vine elaborately from nature for the next Parable the labourers in the Vineyard who kill the heir.’</p><p>The vine twisted around the neck of the husbandman’s heir shows the lengths Millais went to in order to produce an accurate description of nature. The dead bird and toad in the right foreground enhance the sense of evil.</p><p><em>Gallery label, November 2004</em></p>
paper print wood engraving
9 August 2004 – 8 August 2005
2005-08-08
1 March 2004
2004-03-01
Tate Britain (London, UK)
http://www.tate.org.uk/britain/
2004-08-09
19th Century Illustration
Collection based display
The Wicked Husbandman
image: 140 × 108 mm
Presented by Gilbert Dalziel 1924
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<span class="text7">October 1862 Millais wrote to the Dalziels: ‘Here      at last is another Parable &amp; another is in hand this week. The quality      of the work speaks for itself and I need not tell you to cut it with all      your might</span><span class="text13">...</span><span class="text7"> I      have done the vine elaborately from nature  for the next Parable the      labourers in  the Vineyard who kill the heir.’
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<span class="text7">The vine twisted around the neck of the      husbandman’s heir shows the lengths Millais went to in order to      produce an accurate description of nature. The dead bird and toad in the      right foreground enhance the sense of evil.  </span>
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actions: processes and functions adults architecture Bible: New Testament birth to death body corpse death diseases and conditions features foliage gate hanged house looking / watching man objects parable people plants and flowers religion and belief residential rope society tools and machinery tower townscapes / man-made features woman