Wood engraving on paper
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Illustrations to ‘The Parables of Our Lord’, engraved by the Dalziel Brothers
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Leaven
Presented by Gilbert Dalziel 1924
adults
agriculture, gardening & fishing
Bible: New Testament
bowl
bread
children
cooking
domestic
domestic
food and drink
furnishings
girl
interiors
kitchen
Luke, chapter 13
objects
parable
people
religion and belief
sheaf
table
vessels and containers
woman
work and occupations
<p>This image illustrates the parable of the leaven from Matthew’s gospel: ‘The kingdom of heaven is like unto leaven, which a woman took, and hid in three measures of meal, until the whole was leavened’. In the background Millais shows a young girl standing in front of the oven holding a loaf of bread. She watches as the woman kneads the dough and mixes in the leaven (yeast).</p><p>The skills of the Dalziel brothers’ engravers are demonstrated by the effects of light from the window flooding into the dark interior and casting a shadow on the floor.</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 Leaven
image: 140 × 108 mm
Presented by Gilbert Dalziel 1924
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<span class="text7">This image illustrates the parable of the </span><span class="text15">leaven from Matthew’s gospel: ‘The kingdom</span><span class="text7"> of heaven is like unto leaven, which a woman took, and hid      in three measures of meal, until the whole was </span><span class="text14">leavened’.  
In the background Millais shows</span><span class="text7"> a young girl      standing in front of the oven holding  </span><span class="text13">a loaf      of bread. She watches as the </span><span class="text7">woman kneads the      dough and mixes  in the leaven (yeast). </span>
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<span class="text13">The skills of the Dalziel brothers’ <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>      are demonstrated by the </span><span class="text7">effects of light from      the window flooding </span><span class="text13">into the dark interior and      casting a shadow on the floor. </span><span class="text7">
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adults agriculture, gardening & fishing Bible: New Testament bowl bread children cooking domestic domestic food and drink furnishings girl interiors kitchen Luke, chapter 13 objects parable people religion and belief sheaf table vessels and containers woman work and occupations