Collection: Light of the World

Bespoke and bought-in product depicting the famous image of the Light of the World, based in the North-West transept of the Cathedral.

Undoubtedly the most dominating feature of the north transept is William Holman Hunt's painting The Light of the World, which forms an altarpiece in the Chapel of St Erkenwald and St Ethelburga, otherwise known as the Middlesex Chapel. The painting depicts the figure of Christ knocking on a door that opens from inside, suggesting that God can only enter our lives if we invite Him in. It dates from around 1900 and is the third version that Holman Hunt painted of the subject.