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ENCYCLOPEDIA OF BRITAIN
 
  More than 5000 entries on the history, culture and life of Britain (published in 1993 by Macmillan, now out of print)

 
More than 5000 entries on the history, culture and life of Britain (published in 1993 by Macmillan, now out of print)
The Light of the World

(1851–3, Keble College, Oxford)
Painting by Holman *Hunt which became, through engravings and photographs, one of the best-known images in 19C Britain. The figure of Jesus, bearing a lantern on a moonlit night, knocks on the door of a house. His eyes look directly – half inviting, half accusing – at the viewer. There are other versions, painted by Hunt himself, in Manchester City Art Gallery and in St Paul's Cathedral.
 








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