MILLET, FRANCIS DAVIS (1846-1912) , American artist, was born at Mattapoisett (Mass.), on Nov. 3, 1846. He was a drummer boy with the Union forces in the Civil War, graduated from Harvard college in 1869, and in 1871 entered the Royal Academy of Fine Arts, Antwerp. In 1873 he was made secretary of the Massachusetts commission to the Vienna exposition. Dur ing the Russo-Turkish War of 1877-78 he was correspondent of the London Daily News and Graphic, and of the New York Herald. On his return he was made a member from the United States of the International art jury at the Paris exposition of 1878. He was director of decorations at the Columbian exposition, Chicago, 1893, and in 1898 he went to Manila as war correspon dent for The Times and for Harper's Weekly. In 188o he became a member of the Society of American artists, and in 1885 was elected to full membership in the National academy of design, New York, and was for one term its vice-president. He was a
trustee of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, secretary of the American academy of Rome and vice-chairman of the Fine Arts committee. He was also a member of the American water colour society and of the Institute of painters in oil colours, London. His work as a decorative artist may be seen at Trinity church, Boston; the Bank of Pittsburgh; and the capitol at St. Paul (Minn.). His pictures are in many public collections : among them are "A Cosy Corner," in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York; "At the Inn," in the Union League club, New York; and "Between Two Fires," in the Tate Gallery, London. He also wrote essays and short stories, and an English version of Tolstoi's Sebastopol (1887) ; and among his publications are The Danube (1891), Capillary Crime and other Stories (1892), and Expedition to the Philippines (1899). He was drowned in the "Titanic" disaster, April 15, 1912.