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Murthly Castle; repetitions in water-colour, W. T. Walters, Baltimore. Professional life spent in Baltimore.—Tuckerman, 496.


MILLER, CHARLES HENRY, born in New York, March 20, 1842. Landscape painter; in 1867 pupil of Professor Leir in Munich, and of the Bavarian Royal Academy; studied in Vienna, Leipsic, Berlin, Dresden, and Paris. Elected an A.N.A. in 1873 and N.A. in 1875. Studio in New York. Works: Old Mill near Munich (1870); Sunset at Queen's—New York, Robert Gordon; Sunset at Duchau near Munich, Old Mill—Springfield (1872); Old Oaks at Creedmoor—Long Island (1874); New York from Newtown Creek (1876); Sunset, East Hampton—Long Island (1878); Cloudy Day (1879); Fisherman's Home—Long Island (1880); South Side Lane—Long Island (1881); Gray Day on Long Island (1882); At Valley Stream, Old Mill and Water Gate (1883); Bouquet of Oaks at Stewart's Pond—Jamaica, L. I. (1884); Old Mill at Patchogue (1885); Suburban Wayside, Autumn, Road to New York (1886).—Art Journal (1877), 361; Mag. of Art (1884), 96.


MILLER, FRANCIS, born at Columbus, O., in 1854. Figure and genre painter, pupil of the Pennsylvania Academy, later of Carolus Duran in Paris. First exhibited at the National Academy in 1883. Studio in New York. Works: Potter (1883); Local Freight Caboose, T. B. Clarke, New York; Charity Home (1884); Cosey Nook (1886).



MILLET, FRANCIS D., born at Mattapoisett, Mass., in 1846. Figure and portrait painter, pupil of Van Lerius and De Keyser at the Royal Academy, Antwerp, where he gained medals of honour in 1872-73 Painted in Belgium, Italy, England, France, Austria, and the United States. Studio in New York. Elected A.N.A. in 1882; N.A. in 1885. Works: Bay of Naples (1875); Mouth of the Seine, Bashi-Bazouk (1880), J. J. Astor, New York; Sweet Mistris Mercie (1881); Koran Reader, Milkmaid (1882); Story of Œnone (1883); Lacing the Sandal, Cottage Garden, Regina Convivii (1884). Portraits: Charles Francis Adams, Samuel L. Clemens (1877); Miss Kate Field (1881); Portrait (1884), Lawrence Barrett; The Toilette, A Window Seat, Portrait of General Barnes (1885); A Handmaid, Cosey Corner (1886).



MILLET, FRANÇOIS (Frans Mille), called Francisque, born in Antwerp, baptized there, April 27, 1642, died in Paris, buried June 3, 1679. Flemish school; landscape painter, pupil of Laurens Francken, with whom he went to Paris, where he formed himself after Poussin. Works: View in Italy, Repose in Egypt, Brussels Museum; Landscape with Ruins, Bordeaux Museum; Tribute to Flora, Nantes Museum; Italian Landscape, Berlin Museum; do., Cassel Gallery; Hagar and Ishmael, Copenhagen Gallery; Mountainous Landscape with Attack of Robbers, Darmstadt Museum; High Trees with Buildings, Two Landscapes with Figures (?), Dresden Gallery; Landscape with Figures and Sheep, do. with Offering Ceremony, Kunsthalle, Hamburg; Classic Landscape, Sea View with Steep Cliffs, Italian Landscape, Old Pinakothek, Munich; Landscape, Hermitage, St. Petersburg; do. with Nymphs and Satyrs Dancing, Schleissheim Gallery; Italian Mountain Landscapes (2), Schwerin Gallery; Arcadian Landscape, Stuttgart Museum; Mountainous Landscapes (3), Liechtenstein Gallery, Vienna; Landscape with Antique Monuments, Milan Academy.—Ch. Blanc, École française; Fé-