Drawings

The Light of the World

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Type: Drawings(Opens in new tab)
Date: 1930-1931
Accession number: 2000.5.1012
Makers: William Holman Hunt(Opens in new tab) (British, 1827–1910); Morris and Company(Opens in new tab) (British, 1861–1940)
Designer: designed by John Henry Dearle(Opens in new tab) (British, 1860–1932)
Dimensions: 8 3/4 x 4 1/4 in. (22.2 x 10.8 cm.)
Medium: watercolor and ink on paper
Description: Single light. Above and below central panel are vines against deep blue ground, with scroll on lower part. Central panel shows Christ in white wearing red cloak and crown, carrying lit lantern, knocking on overgrown door. Landscape background.
Credit: The Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens
Department: European Art
Find out more: View in the Art Museum catalog(Opens in new tab)

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