"Beauty," a color lithograph by Edward Burne-Jones, exemplifies the artist's characteristic Pre-Raphaelite aesthetic with its idealized female figure rendered in soft, ethereal tones. Created as part of a bound volume of 50 lithographs, each protected by tissue paper guards, the work demonstrates Burne-Jones's mastery of the medium and his continued exploration of beauty as both a formal and spiritual ideal. The delicate handling of color and the contemplative quality of the figure reflect the decorative refinement and romantic sensibility that defined his artistic practice during the late nineteenth century.