My Beautiful Lady (top); Of My Lady in Death (bottom), frontispiece to The Germ, No. 1

1850

Dating: Exact year
Held at: Art Institute of Chicago
Medium: Etching on chine paper, laid down on ivory wove paper (chine collé)
Dimensions: Plate: 20.3 × 12 cm (8 × 4 3/4 in.); Sheet: 43.6 × 29.8 cm (17 3/16 × 11 3/4 in.)
Collection no.: 2013.729
Attribution: By the artist

About this artwork

My Beautiful Lady (top); Of My Lady in Death (bottom), frontispiece to The Germ, No. 1 — William Holman Hunt. 1850.

Medium: Etching on chine paper, laid down on ivory wove paper (chine collé). Dimensions: Plate: 20.3 × 12 cm (8 × 4 3/4 in.); Sheet: 43.6 × 29.8 cm (17 3/16 × 11 3/4 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.

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