The Awakening Conscience
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The Awakening Conscience is an oil-on-canvas painting by the English artist William Holman Hunt, one of the founders of the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood, which depicts a woman rising from her position i
Hunt Awakening Conscience 1853
The Light of the World
Past and Present (paintings)
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Past and Present is the title usually given to the series of three oil paintings made by Augustus Egg in 1858, which are designed to be exhibited together as a triptych. When first exhibited at Royal
The Awakening Conscience
…feet failing in the street". The idea of a visual morality tale, based on a single moment, influenced Augustus Egg's 1858 series of three paintings, Past and Present. In Evelyn Waugh's 1945 novel Brideshead Revisited an allusion to the painting reflects the unraveling of the affair between Julia Flyte and artist…
Past and Present Number Three
Past and Present Number One
Past and Present Number Two