I have a few pictures of John Henry Newman in my room, this being one of them. I've had it a while but only noticed for the first time the other day how the artist (W.W. Ouless) uses a real or imaginary light source in front of Newman to light his face up. The effect helps give the cardinal a warm, venerable. What it does, in my view, is speak to Newman's inner life, the faith that enabled him to achieve so much. We are seeing the truth of Newman's life as much as, or rather than, the facts of his physical appearance, and that is not just a good thing but a needful thing also.
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