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Study for the head of Christ

W. Holman Hunt

1869

Pen and ink on paper

Source: Pre-Raphaelitism, II, 299

Hunt used versions of this head for both The Shadow of Death and The Beloved, which was commissioned by Queen Victoria.

Scanned image and text by George P. Landow

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References

William Holman Hunt, Pre-Raphaelitism and the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood. 2 vols. New York: Macmillan, 1905.



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