Damien Hirst has become one of the most famous living British artists. The most influential member of a school of artists originating from Goldsmiths, University of London in the 1980s, Hirst has become a household name. His work focuses on the fundamental elements of life, including death and love, which he expresses in controversial sculptures, installations, paintings, and prints. In the present works, Wu Zetian H10-1, Nūr Jahān H10-2, Theodora H10-3, Suiko H10-4 and Taytu Betul H10-5 Hirst employs one of his signature motifs: butterflies. This set of five prints make up Hirst's The Empresses series, each design dedicated to one of history's great female rulers.

The Empresses series was comprised of NFT deeds with corresponding physical artworks. Released in 2022, buyers, upon purchasing the work, could choose an NFT deed or the physical artwork before a fixed deadline. NFT deeds can be used to redeem the physical artwork it was assigned to, up until February 2025. Once decided, the unkept copy, whether the NFT or the print is burnt by the artist. Note: these are the physical versions of the Empress series.

I. Wu Zetian H10-1: from an edition of 2853 (1569 NFTs, 1284 physical prints)
II. Nūr Jahān H10-2: from an edition of 3041 (1561 NFTs, 1480 physical prints)
III. Theodora H10-3: from an edition of 3315 (1,749 NFTs, 1,566 physical prints)
IV. Suiko H10-4: from an edition of 3310 (1,653 NFTs, 1,657 physical prints)
V. Taytu Betul H10-5: from an edition of 2,814 (1,526 NFTs, 1,288 physical prints)