Wood engraving on paper
Tate Collection
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Illustrations to ‘The Parables of Our Lord’, engraved by the Dalziel Brothers
<a href="https://www.tate.org.uk/art/artists/sir-john-everett-millais-bt-379" aria-label="More by Sir John Everett Millais, Bt" data-gtm-name="header_link_artist" data-gtm-destination="page--artist">Sir John Everett Millais, Bt</a>
Lost Piece Silver
Presented by Gilbert Dalziel 1924
actions: postures and motions
actions: processes and functions
adults
architecture
astronomy
bending forward
Bible: New Testament
broom
candlestick
domestic
domestic
domestic
features
heating and lighting
interior - non-specific
interiors
looking / watching
Luke, chapter 15
moon
night
objects
parable
people
religion and belief
sweeping
times of the day
window
woman
work and occupations
<p>In his letters Millais continually praised the engravers who worked for the Dalziels. He was particularly pleased with this image and wrote that it had been ‘splendidly cut’.</p><p>However Millais’s designs for the Parables were frequently criticised for combining modern and historical elements. Although set two thousand years ago, the woman (modelled by Millais’s wife, Effie) is dressed in contemporary costume. She is shown reaching for a lost coin which is a metaphor for God’s rejoicing at the repentance of a sinner.</p><p><em>Gallery label, July 2008</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
26 September 2007 – 26 October 2008
2008-10-26
7 June 2008 – 17 August 2008
2008-08-17
2008-06-07
Kitakyushu Municipal Museum of Art (Kitakyushu-City, Japan)
30 August 2008 – 26 October 2008
2008-10-26
2008-08-30
Bunkamura Museum of Art (Tokyo, Japan)
2007-09-26
Millais
Exhibition
15 February 2008 – 26 October 2008
2008-10-26
15 February 2008 – 18 May 2008
2008-05-18
2008-02-15
Van Gogh Museum (Amsterdam, Netherlands)
http://www.vangoghmuseum.nl/
7 June 2008 – 17 August 2008
2008-08-17
2008-06-07
Kitakyushu Municipal Museum of Art (Kitakyushu-City, Japan)
30 August 2008 – 26 October 2008
2008-10-26
2008-08-30
Bunkamura Museum of Art (Tokyo, Japan)
2008-02-15
Millais
Loan-out
The Lost Piece of Silver
image: 140 × 108 mm
Presented by Gilbert Dalziel 1924
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<span class="text7">In his letters Millais continually praised </span><span class="text16">the <a class="glossarylinktopopup" data-gtm-destination="article-page" data-gtm-name="body_text_link" href="http://www.tate.org.uk/learn/online-resources/glossary/e/engraving" title="Glossary definition for 'Engraving'"><span>engravers</span></a> who worked for the Dalziels.</span><span class="text7"> </span><span class="text15">He was particularly pleased with this      image</span><span class="text7"> </span><span class="text14">and wrote that      it had been ‘splendidly cut’.</span><span class="text7">
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<span class="text7">However Millais’s designs for the </span><span class="text13">Parables</span><span class="text7"> were frequently      criticised for combining modern and historical elements. Although set two      thousand years ago, the woman </span><span class="text14">(modelled by      Millais’s wife, Effie) is dressed</span><span class="text7"> in      contemporary costume. She is shown </span><span class="text15">reaching for      a lost coin which is a metaphor</span><span class="text7"> for      God’s rejoicing at the repentance of  a sinner. </span>
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actions: postures and motions actions: processes and functions adults architecture astronomy bending forward Bible: New Testament broom candlestick domestic domestic domestic features heating and lighting interior - non-specific interiors looking / watching Luke, chapter 15 moon night objects parable people religion and belief sweeping times of the day window woman work and occupations