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Illustrations to ‘The Parables of Our Lord’, engraved by the Dalziel Brothers
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Hidden Treasure
Presented by Gilbert Dalziel 1924
actions: postures and motions
adults
agriculture, gardening & fishing
animals: mammals
Bible: New Testament
coin
farmland
kneeling
landscape
man
Matthew, chapter 13
miscellaneous
objects
ox
parable
people
plough
religion and belief
urn
vessels and containers
<p>In December 1859 Millais wrote to Dalziel: ‘I have finished the Finding of the Treasure, &amp; I will set about another immediately ... There is more white used in the last than I like but although comparatively simple its design bothered me a great deal’. Millais later wrote that he had to alter this design on the wood six times in order to achieve the level of detail he required.</p><p>This parable from Matthew opens: ‘The Kingdom of heaven is like unto treasure hid in a field’.</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
26 September 2007 – 26 October 2008
2008-10-26
26 September 2007 – 13 January 2008
2008-01-13
2007-09-26
Tate Britain (London, UK)
http://www.tate.org.uk/britain/
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)
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 Hidden Treasure
image: 140 × 108 mm
Presented by Gilbert Dalziel 1924
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<span class="text7">In December 1859 Millais wrote to Dalziel: </span><span class="text13">‘I have finished the Finding of the Treasure,</span><span class="text7"> &amp; I will set about another immediately ... There is      more white used in the last than  I like but although comparatively simple      its design bothered me a great deal’. Millais later wrote that he had      to alter this design on the wood six times in order to achieve the level of      detail he required. </span>
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<span class="text7">This parable from Matthew opens: ‘The Kingdom of      heaven is like unto treasure hid in a field’. </span>
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actions: postures and motions adults agriculture, gardening & fishing animals: mammals Bible: New Testament coin farmland kneeling landscape man Matthew, chapter 13 miscellaneous objects ox parable people plough religion and belief urn vessels and containers