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According to Hunt: "I painted the picture with what I thought, unworthy though I was, to be divine command, and not simply a good subject."<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The door in the painting has no handle, and can therefore be opened only from the inside, representing "the obstinately shut mind".<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The painting was considered by many to be the most important and culturally influential rendering of Christ of its time.<sup id="cite_ref-VW_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-VW-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Hunt_Light_of_the_World.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/10/Hunt_Light_of_the_World.jpg/170px-Hunt_Light_of_the_World.jpg" decoding="async" width="170" height="341" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/10/Hunt_Light_of_the_World.jpg/255px-Hunt_Light_of_the_World.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/10/Hunt_Light_of_the_World.jpg/340px-Hunt_Light_of_the_World.jpg 2x" data-file-width="599" data-file-height="1200" /></a><figcaption><i>The Light of the World</i> (Manchester version)</figcaption></figure> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Composition">Composition</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=The_Light_of_the_World_(painting)&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Composition"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div><p> Many speculated about the identity of the model. In January 1898, <a href="/wiki/Edward_Clodd" title="Edward Clodd">Edward Clodd</a> sent Hunt a copy of a newspaper article on the subject, asking for Hunt's verification. Hunt had earlier told Clodd</p><blockquote><p>… of my having used a cast from a clay model made by me, with a variety of male sitters, my father, <a href="/wiki/John_Everett_Millais" title="John Everett Millais">Millais</a>, John Capper and, in person, furtively from <a href="/wiki/Thomas_Carlyle" title="Thomas Carlyle">Carlyle</a>, also from many departed heroes in effigy – the best I could get serving as my model for different parts of the head …</p></blockquote><p>Hunt replied that "What [the author of the article] says about Miss <a href="/wiki/Christina_Rossetti" title="Christina Rossetti">Christina Rossetti</a> sitting for the head . . . is true," which Rossetti did after Hunt felt he had "secured the male character in the head."<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Light_of_the_World_Hunt.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8c/Light_of_the_World_Hunt.jpg/170px-Light_of_the_World_Hunt.jpg" decoding="async" width="170" height="274" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8c/Light_of_the_World_Hunt.jpg/255px-Light_of_the_World_Hunt.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8c/Light_of_the_World_Hunt.jpg/340px-Light_of_the_World_Hunt.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4658" data-file-height="7509" /></a><figcaption><i>The Light of the World</i> (St Paul's Cathedral version)</figcaption></figure> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Versions">Versions</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=The_Light_of_the_World_(painting)&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Versions"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The original is variously said to have been painted at night in a makeshift hut at <a href="/wiki/Worcester_Park_House" title="Worcester Park House">Worcester Park Farm</a> in Surrey, and in the garden of the <a href="/wiki/Oxford_University_Press" title="Oxford University Press">Oxford University Press</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-EO_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-EO-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> while it is suggested that Hunt found the dawn light he needed outside <a href="/wiki/Bethlehem" title="Bethlehem">Bethlehem</a> on one of his visits to the Holy Land.<sup id="cite_ref-CHT_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-CHT-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In oil on canvas, it was begun around 1849 or 1850<sup id="cite_ref-CHT_6-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-CHT-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and completed in 1854. It was exhibited at the <a href="/wiki/Royal_Academy_of_Arts" title="Royal Academy of Arts">Royal Academy</a> in 1854 and is now in the <a href="/wiki/Chapel" title="Chapel">side chapel</a> at <a href="/wiki/Keble_College,_Oxford" title="Keble College, Oxford">Keble College, Oxford</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEHunt1905299–300_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEHunt1905299–300-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The painting was donated to the college by <a href="/wiki/Martha_Combe" title="Martha Combe">Martha Combe</a>, the widow of <a href="/wiki/Thomas_Combe" title="Thomas Combe">Thomas Combe</a>, Printer to the University of Oxford, <a href="/wiki/Tractarian" class="mw-redirect" title="Tractarian">Tractarian</a>, and a patron of the Pre-Raphaelites, in the year following his death in 1872,<sup id="cite_ref-EO_5-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-EO-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> on the understanding that it would hang in the chapel (constructed 1873–1876), but the building's architect <a href="/wiki/William_Butterfield" title="William Butterfield">William Butterfield</a> was opposed to that and made no provision in his design. When the college library opened in 1878 it was placed there, and was moved to its present position only after the construction of the side chapel to accommodate it, in 1892–1895, by another architect, <a href="/wiki/J._T._Micklethwaite" class="mw-redirect" title="J. T. Micklethwaite">J. T. Micklethwaite</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>A second, smaller version of the work, painted by Hunt between 1851 and 1856, is on display at <a href="/wiki/Manchester_City_Art_Gallery" class="mw-redirect" title="Manchester City Art Gallery">Manchester City Art Gallery</a>, England, which purchased it in 1912.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> There are small differences between that and the first version, such as the angle of the gaze, and the drape of the corner of the red cloak. </p><p>The fact that, at the time, Keble College charged a fee to view the picture,<sup id="cite_ref-EO_5-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-EO-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> persuaded Hunt to paint a larger, life-sized, version toward the end of his life. He began it in about 1900 and finished in 1904. Shipowner and social reformer, <a href="/wiki/Charles_Booth_(social_reformer)" title="Charles Booth (social reformer)">Charles Booth</a>, purchased the work and it was hung in <a href="/wiki/St_Paul%27s_Cathedral" title="St Paul's Cathedral">St Paul's Cathedral</a>, <a href="/wiki/London" title="London">London</a>. It was dedicated there in 1908, following a 1905–1907 world tour, during which the picture drew large crowds.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It was claimed that four-fifths of Australia's population viewed it.<sup id="cite_ref-LF_12-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-LF-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Due to Hunt's increasing infirmity and <a href="/wiki/Glaucoma" title="Glaucoma">glaucoma</a>, he was assisted in the completion of this version by English painter <a href="/wiki/Edward_Robert_Hughes" title="Edward Robert Hughes">Edward Robert Hughes</a> (who also assisted with Hunt's version of <i><a href="/wiki/The_Lady_of_Shalott_(William_Holman_Hunt)" title="The Lady of Shalott (William Holman Hunt)">The Lady of Shalott</a></i>). The third version diverges more from the original than the second one. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Reception">Reception</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=The_Light_of_the_World_(painting)&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Reception"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The painting gave rise to much popular devotion in the late Victorian period and inspired several musical works, including <a href="/wiki/Arthur_Sullivan" title="Arthur Sullivan">Arthur Sullivan</a>'s 1873 <a href="/wiki/Oratorio" title="Oratorio">oratorio</a> <i><a href="/wiki/The_Light_of_the_World_(Sullivan)" title="The Light of the World (Sullivan)">The Light of the World</a></i>.<sup id="cite_ref-VW_3-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-VW-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Engraved reproductions were widely hung in 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Retrieved <span class="nowrap">3 September</span> 2016</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=National+Post&rft.atitle=The+Light+fantastic%3A+Loved+but+neglected+painting+of+Jesus+became+a+touchstone+of+mass+culture&rft.date=2007-12-24&rft.aulast=Fulford&rft.aufirst=Robert&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.robertfulford.com%2F2007-12-24-hunt.html&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AThe+Light+of+the+World+%28painting%29" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> </ol></div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Further_reading">Further reading</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=The_Light_of_the_World_(painting)&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Further reading"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFMaas1984" class="citation book cs1">Maas, Jeremy (1984). <i>Holman Hunt and the Light of the World</i>. Ashgate. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-85967-683-0" title="Special:BookSources/978-0-85967-683-0"><bdi>978-0-85967-683-0</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Holman+Hunt+and+the+Light+of+the+World&rft.pub=Ashgate&rft.date=1984&rft.isbn=978-0-85967-683-0&rft.aulast=Maas&rft.aufirst=Jeremy&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AThe+Light+of+the+World+%28painting%29" class="Z3988"></span></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="External_links">External links</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=The_Light_of_the_World_(painting)&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: External links"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" 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style="width:1%">Painting series</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a class="mw-selflink selflink">The Light of the World</a></i> (1849–1854; 1851–1856; 1900–1904)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Related</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Pre-Raphaelite_Brotherhood" title="Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood">Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Germ_(periodical)" title="The Germ (periodical)">The Germ</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hogarth_Club" title="Hogarth Club">Hogarth Club</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Diana_Holman-Hunt" title="Diana Holman-Hunt">Diana Holman-Hunt</a> (granddaughter)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Love_School" title="The Love School">The Love School</a></i> (1975 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title="Charles Allston Collins">Charles Allston Collins</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Frank_Cadogan_Cowper" title="Frank Cadogan Cowper">Frank Cadogan Cowper</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Evelyn_De_Morgan" title="Evelyn De Morgan">Evelyn De Morgan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Walter_Deverell" title="Walter Deverell">Walter Deverell</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Henry_Treffry_Dunn" title="Henry Treffry Dunn">Henry Treffry Dunn</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/William_Dyce" title="William Dyce">William Dyce</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Henry_Holiday" title="Henry Holiday">Henry Holiday</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Arthur_Hughes_(artist)" title="Arthur Hughes (artist)">Arthur Hughes</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Edward_Robert_Hughes" title="Edward Robert Hughes">Edward Robert Hughes</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Frederic_Leighton" title="Frederic Leighton">Frederic Leighton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Robert_Braithwaite_Martineau" title="Robert Braithwaite Martineau">Robert Braithwaite Martineau</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Louisa_Beresford,_Marchioness_of_Waterford" title="Louisa Beresford, Marchioness of Waterford">Louisa Beresford, Marchioness of Waterford</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/William_Morris" title="William Morris">William Morris</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alexander_Munro_(sculptor)" title="Alexander Munro (sculptor)">Alexander Munro</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Joseph_Noel_Paton" title="Joseph Noel Paton">Joseph Noel Paton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Valentine_Cameron_Prinsep" title="Valentine Cameron Prinsep">Valentine Cameron Prinsep</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Christina_Rossetti" title="Christina Rossetti">Christina Rossetti</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Ruskin" title="John Ruskin">John Ruskin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Emma_Sandys" title="Emma Sandys">Emma Sandys</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Frederick_Sandys" title="Frederick Sandys">Frederick Sandys</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thomas_Seddon" title="Thomas Seddon">Thomas Seddon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Elizabeth_Siddal" title="Elizabeth Siddal">Elizabeth Siddal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/James_Smetham" title="James Smetham">James Smetham</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rebecca_Solomon" title="Rebecca Solomon">Rebecca Solomon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Simeon_Solomon" title="Simeon Solomon">Simeon Solomon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Roddam_Spencer_Stanhope" title="John Roddam Spencer Stanhope">John Roddam Spencer Stanhope</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Marie_Spartali_Stillman" title="Marie Spartali Stillman">Marie Spartali Stillman</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Melhuish_Strudwick" title="John Melhuish Strudwick">John Melhuish Strudwick</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Algernon_Charles_Swinburne" title="Algernon Charles Swinburne">Algernon Charles Swinburne</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Henry_Wallis" title="Henry Wallis">Henry Wallis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_William_Waterhouse" title="John William Waterhouse">John William Waterhouse</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/William_James_Webbe" title="William James Webbe">William James Webbe</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/William_Lindsay_Windus" title="William Lindsay Windus">William Lindsay Windus</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0;">Some <br />well-known <br />works<br /><span class="nobold">(period and <br />post-period)</span></div></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Ophelia_(painting)" title="Ophelia (painting)">Ophelia</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Christ_in_the_House_of_His_Parents" title="Christ in the House of His Parents">Christ in the House of His Parents</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/A_Converted_British_Family_Sheltering_a_Christian_Missionary_from_the_Persecution_of_the_Druids" title="A Converted British Family Sheltering a Christian Missionary from the Persecution of the Druids">A Converted British Family Sheltering a Christian Missionary from the Persecution of the Druids</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Ecce_Ancilla_Domini" title="Ecce Ancilla Domini">Ecce Ancilla Domini</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Mariana_(Millais)" title="Mariana (Millais)">Mariana</a></i></li> <li><i><a class="mw-selflink selflink">The Light of the World</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Our_English_Coasts" title="Our English Coasts">Our English Coasts ('Strayed Sheep')</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Scapegoat_(painting)" title="The Scapegoat (painting)">The Scapegoat</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Paolo_and_Francesca_da_Rimini" title="Paolo and Francesca da Rimini">Paolo and Francesca da Rimini</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Last_of_England_(painting)" title="The Last of England (painting)">The Last of England</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Work_(painting)" title="Work (painting)">Work</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Awakening_Conscience" title="The Awakening Conscience">The Awakening Conscience</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Hireling_Shepherd" title="The Hireling Shepherd">The Hireling Shepherd</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/April_Love_(painting)" title="April Love (painting)">April Love</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Found_(Rossetti)" title="Found (Rossetti)">Found</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Autumn_Leaves_(painting)" title="Autumn Leaves (painting)">Autumn Leaves</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Bocca_Baciata" title="Bocca Baciata">Bocca Baciata</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Oxford_Union_murals" title="Oxford Union murals">Oxford Union murals</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Lady_Lilith" title="Lady Lilith">Lady Lilith</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Roman_Widow_(Rossetti)" title="Roman Widow (Rossetti)">Roman Widow</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Mary_Magdalene_(Sandys)" title="Mary Magdalene (Sandys)">Mary Magdalene</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Finding_of_the_Saviour_in_the_Temple" title="The Finding of the Saviour in the Temple">The Finding of the Saviour in the Temple</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Morgan_le_Fay_(painting)" title="Morgan le Fay (painting)">Morgan le Fay</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Beata_Beatrix" title="Beata Beatrix">Beata Beatrix</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Shadow_of_Death" title="The Shadow of Death">The Shadow of Death</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Proserpine_(Rossetti)" title="Proserpine (Rossetti)">Proserpine</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/A_Vision_of_Fiammetta" title="A Vision of Fiammetta">A Vision of Fiammetta</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pygmalion_and_the_Image_series" title="Pygmalion and the Image series">Pygmalion and the Image series</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Beloved_(Rossetti)" title="The Beloved (Rossetti)">The Beloved</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Cymon_and_Iphigenia_(Leighton_painting)" title="Cymon and Iphigenia (Leighton painting)">Cymon and Iphigenia</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/King_Cophetua_and_the_Beggar_Maid_(painting)" title="King Cophetua and the Beggar Maid (painting)">King Cophetua and the Beggar Maid</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Day_Dream_(Rossetti)" title="The Day Dream (Rossetti)">The Day Dream</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Golden_Stairs" title="The Golden Stairs">The Golden Stairs</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Dante_and_Beatrice_(painting)" title="Dante and Beatrice (painting)">Dante and Beatrice</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Love%27s_Messenger" title="Love's Messenger">Love's Messenger</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Magic_Circle_(Waterhouse_paintings)" title="The Magic Circle (Waterhouse paintings)">The Magic Circle</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Legend_of_Briar_Rose" title="The Legend of Briar Rose">The Legend of Briar Rose</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Lady_of_Shalott_(painting)" title="The Lady of Shalott (painting)"><i>The Lady of Shalott</i> (Waterhouse)</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Roses_of_Heliogabalus" title="The Roses of Heliogabalus">The Roses of Heliogabalus</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Lilith_(painting)" title="Lilith (painting)">Lilith</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Eos_(painting)" title="Eos (painting)">Eos</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Flaming_June" title="Flaming June">Flaming June</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Hope_(Burne-Jones)" title="Hope (Burne-Jones)">Hope</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Hylas_and_the_Nymphs_(painting)" title="Hylas and the Nymphs (painting)">Hylas and the Nymphs</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Lady_Godiva_(painting)" title="Lady Godiva (painting)">Lady Godiva</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Love_Potion" title="The Love Potion">The Love Potion</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Lady_of_Shalott_(William_Holman_Hunt)" title="The Lady of Shalott (William Holman Hunt)"><i>The Lady of Shalott</i> (Hunt)</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/I_Am_Half-Sick_of_Shadows,_Said_the_Lady_of_Shalott" title="I Am Half-Sick of Shadows, Said the Lady of Shalott">I Am Half-Sick of Shadows, Said the Lady of Shalott</a></i></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Models</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Elizabeth_Siddal" title="Elizabeth Siddal">Elizabeth Siddal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fanny_Cornforth" title="Fanny Cornforth">Fanny Cornforth</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Effie_Gray" title="Effie Gray">Effie Gray</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sophie_Gray" title="Sophie Gray">Sophie Gray</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Annie_Miller" title="Annie Miller">Annie Miller</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jane_Morris" title="Jane Morris">Jane Morris</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Marie_Spartali_Stillman" title="Marie Spartali Stillman">Marie Spartali Stillman</a></li> <li><a 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