Wood engraving on paper
Tate Collection
Works with images
General Collection
Collection
Illustrations to ‘The Parables of Our Lord’, engraved by the Dalziel Brothers
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Importunate Friend
Presented by Gilbert Dalziel 1924
adults
animals: birds
animals: features
animals: mammals
architecture
Bible: New Testament
bread
charity
cottage
dog - non-specific
duck
fence
food and drink
fur / hide
health and welfare
Luke, chapter 11
man
night
objects
parable
people
religion and belief
residential
river
society
times of the day
townscapes / man-made features
water: inland
<p>In this remarkable image, Millais illustrates the parable from Luke’s gospel in which a poor man is sent to request three loaves of bread from a stranger. His persistence is rewarded, as the story describes: ‘And I say unto you, Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you’. The parable illustrates the need for persistence or perseverance in prayer.</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 Importunate Friend
image: 140 × 108 mm
Presented by Gilbert Dalziel 1924
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<span class="text7">In this remarkable image, Millais illustrates the      parable from Luke’s gospel in which a poor man is sent to request  
three loaves of bread from a stranger.  His persistence is rewarded, as      the story describes: ‘And I say unto you, Ask, and  it shall be given      you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto      you’. The parable illustrates the need for persistence or      perseverance in prayer. </span>
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adults animals: birds animals: features animals: mammals architecture Bible: New Testament bread charity cottage dog - non-specific duck fence food and drink fur / hide health and welfare Luke, chapter 11 man night objects parable people religion and belief residential river society times of the day townscapes / man-made features water: inland