The Light of the World (St. Paul’s Cathedral version) (original) (raw)

The Light of the World

William Holman Hunt

Oil on canvas over panel

St. Paul's Cathedral. London.

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Details and related material

• Christ's lantern
• Study for the lantern
• Christ's head and the typological breastplate
• Words inscribed on frame
• Vegetation
• Manchester version
• Original 1851-53 version in Keble College, Oxford

Photograph and text by George P. landow