The Awakening Conscience
William Holman Hunt · 1853
The story
The Awakening Conscience (1853) is an oil-on-canvas painting by the English artist William Holman Hunt, one of the founders of the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood, which depicts a woman rising from her position in a man's lap and gazing transfixed out the room's window.
The painting is in the collection of the Tate Britain, in London.
- Artist
- William Holman Hunt
- Date
- 1853
- Collection
- Tate Britain, London, United Kingdom
- Movement
- Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood
- Medium
- oil paint, canvas
- Size
- 55.9 × 76.2 cm
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