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FRANCIS DAVIS MILLET
A Roman Patrician
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Oil on canvas, 1882. 300x165 mm; 11
7
/
8
x6
1
/
2
inches. Signed, dated and inscribed in oil,
lower right recto.
Millet (1848-1912) worked closely with John La Farge and John Singer Sargent, and was
a close friend of Mark Twain, who was the best man at his wedding. Millet died in the
sinking of the Titanic.
[1,500/2,500]
