East Bridgewater Public Library Millet Room Collection

“On The Bay of Naples,” by Francis Davis Millet.  51”x72” (oil on canvas), it was exhibited at the Brussels Salon in 1875.

“Artist’s Studio Venice”

“Aurora” Study by Millet as a youth of Guido Reni’s fresco in Borghese Gallery, Rome

“The Pioneer,” by Francis Davis Millet.  38”x57” (oil on canvas), it is a ‘working painting’ which depicts a frontiersman with a gun.  It is unsigned.

“Indian Squaw with Kettle,” by Francis Davis Millet.  53”x58” (pastel), it is a ‘working drawing’ which is unsigned.

Millet Medals & Honors (given to the E.B. Historical Society by Millet’s grandchildren on December 25, 1997):

1. Grand Army of the Republic. United States, presented 1864.
2. Romanian Iron Cross. Romania, presented 1877.
3. Order of St. Stanislaus. Russia, presented 1878.
4. Order of St. Anne. Russia, presented 1878.
5. Russian War Medal. Russia, presented 1878.
6. Legion of Honor. France, presented 1901.
7. Correspondent’s Brassard (Russo-Turkish War), 1877-1878

Millet Box with medals – Japan Sacred Treasure

“First Class order of the Sacred Treasure awarded by the Emperor to Francis Davis Millet, U. S. Minister Plenipotentiary and Envoy Extraordinary.  Japan, 1908”

Millet Fan and Jewelry in frame                                                                               Previously owned by Elizabeth Orr Keith.  Worn by Ms. Keith in the Millet painting

Owned by the Old Bridgewater Historical Society and held in their Society building not in the library.