My Beautiful Lady 1848

"My Beautiful Lady" is a pencil drawing by Sir John Everett Millais, one of the founders of the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood, and is housed in the Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery in Birmingham, UK. Completed in 1848, the drawing features two figures, a woman standing and a woman kneeling, in a garden setting. The women are depicted in a romantic and idealized manner, characteristic of the Pre-Raphaelite style which aimed to revive artistic techniques and subject matter from before the High Renaissance. The drawing's focus on the natural world and its emotional subject matter highlight the Pre-Raphaelites' fascination with literature and symbolism.