Art, literature & historyHappy Springtime
1860
- Dating
- Exact year
- Held at
- Art Institute of Chicago
- Medium
- Etching on ivory wove chine laid down on off-white wove paper
- Dimensions
- Image: 13.5 × 9.8 cm (5 3/8 × 3 7/8 in.); Chine: 24.5 × 16.9 cm (9 11/16 × 6 11/16 in.); Sheet: 44.7 × 31.9 cm (17 5/8 × 12 9/16 in.)
- Collection no.
- 1991.621
- Attribution
- By the artist
Collection: Art Institute of Chicago
About this artwork
Happy Springtime — John Everett Millais. 1860.
Medium: Etching on ivory wove chine laid down on off-white wove paper. Dimensions: Image: 13.5 × 9.8 cm (5 3/8 × 3 7/8 in.); Chine: 24.5 × 16.9 cm (9 11/16 × 6 11/16 in.); Sheet: 44.7 × 31.9 cm (17 5/8 × 12 9/16 in.).
Collection record: Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago. Museum connection according to this source; current display unverified.
Source: official collection record. Metadata selected and normalized by Artline from the source export, accessed 10 September 2026; no museum endorsement. Reproduction rights are separate.
Location checked Sep 10, 2026. This does not indicate whether the work is on display.