Art Work
name: label: Collection Creator
content: Millet, Francis Davis, 1846-1912
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content: Francis Davis Millet and Millet family papers
physdesc: label: Extent
content: (Box 4; 0.5 linear ft.; Reels 5906-5907)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1872-1908, undated
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.millfran, Series 5
objectType: label: Type
content: Archival materials
arrangement: label: Arrangement note
content: The series is arranged into 2 subseries:

5.1: By F. D. Millet, 1872-1908, undated

5.2: By Other Artists, circa 1885-1886, undated
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents note
content: Art work by Millet includes twelve sketchbooks, containing pencil sketches, a few finished drawings, and a small number of ink drawings. The sketchbooks were executed over a quarter of a century, from his student days in Antwerp through 1896, mostly during periods of travel. Subjects, many of which are identified, include landscapes, buildings, and local peoples with emphasis on their clothing. Loose sketches and drawings, 1872-1874 and undated, record Millet's travels are arranged by location. Two watercolors are "Menu, Nov. 14th, Peking" with a finished painting of a hillside pagoda by the water, on board; and a small sketch of a man and boy, on paper.

Work by other artists includes 20 caricatures drawn in ink, several of which are annotated by John Singer Sargent. Sargent experts Richard Ormond and Stanley Olson, in 1985 correspondence with the Archives of American Art attribute the caricatures to Sargent. Depicted are Sargent, Edwin Austin Abbey, Lily and Frank Millet, Mrs. Gosse, Mrs. Alma-Tadema [?], Mrs. Blashfield [?], and unidentified tennis players.