Wood engraving on paper
Tate Collection
Works with images
General Collection
Collection
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>
Good Samaritan
Presented by Gilbert Dalziel 1924
actions: expressive
adults
animals: mammals
bag
Bible: New Testament
clothing and personal items
collapse
comforting
diseases and conditions
donkey
Good Samaritan
hill
landscape
Luke, chapter 10
man
objects
parable
people
religion and belief
supporting
wooded
wounded
<p>In this image Millais shows a Samaritan comforting the victim of thieves. In the distance a man is walking away, having ignored the suffering stranger by the wayside.</p><p>Millais spent six years working on the Parables and brought to each design an unprecedented level of detail. Throughout the 1860s designing wood-engravings for books and journals provided Millais with his main source of income.</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
The Good Samaritan
Presented by Gilbert Dalziel 1924
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<span class="text7">In this image Millais shows a Samaritan comforting the      victim of thieves. In the distance a man is walking away, having ignored      the suffering stranger by the wayside.  </span>
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<span class="text7">Millais spent six years working on the </span><span class="text13">Parables</span><span class="text7"> and brought to each      design an unprecedented level of detail. Throughout the 1860s designing      <a class="glossarylinktopopup" data-gtm-destination="article-page" data-gtm-name="body_text_link" href="http://www.tate.org.uk/learn/online-resources/glossary/w/wood-engraving" title="Glossary definition for 'Wood engraving'"><span>wood-engravings</span></a> for books and journals provided Millais with his main      source of income.  </span>
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actions: expressive adults animals: mammals bag Bible: New Testament clothing and personal items collapse comforting diseases and conditions donkey Good Samaritan hill landscape Luke, chapter 10 man objects parable people religion and belief supporting wooded wounded