The Light of the World is an allegorical painting by the English Pre-Raphaelite artist William Holman Hunt representing the figure of Jesus preparing to knock on an overgrown and long-unopened door, i
Keble College version
The Light of the World (Manchester version)
The Light of the World (St Paul's Cathedral version)
The Lady of Shalott is an oil painting by the English artist William Holman Hunt, made c. 1888–1905, and depicting a scene from Tennyson's 1832 poem, "The Lady of Shalott". The painting is held by the
The Light of the World (Hunt)
…and glaucoma, he was assisted in the completion of this version by English painter Edward Robert Hughes (who also assisted with Hunt's version of The Lady of Shalott). The third version diverges more from the original than the second one. The painting gave rise to much popular devotion in the late Victorian period…
The Lady of Shalott by William Holman Hunt, c. 1890 1905, oil on canvas Wadsworth Atheneum Hartford, CT DSC05541
Wood engraving by John Thompson, published in 1857, based on Hunt's drawing, 95 × 79 mm