. Death of Millet's grandmother, Louise Jumelin, at Gruchy.

1853. Death of Millet's mother at Gruchy.
Millet exhibited at the Salon:--
Ruth and Boaz, bought by an American.
The Sheep Shearer,} bought by William Morris
The Shepherd, } Hunt.

1854. Visit four months to the surroundings of the old home in Normandy.

1855. The Grafter, exhibited at the Salon.

1856. Le Pare aux Moutons painted.

1857. The Gleaners exhibited at the Salon.

1859. The Angelus exhibited at the Salon.

1860-1861. The Shepherd in the Fold by Moonlight, and the Femme aux Seaux.

1861. The Potato Planters painted.
Millet exhibited at the Salon of the Champs Elysees:
Feeding Her Birds.
Waiting.
The Sheep Shearer.

1862. List of pictures painted:--
Winter.
The Crows.
Sheep Feeding.
The Wool Carder.
The Stag.
The Birth of the Calf.
The Shepherdess.
The Man with the Hoe.

1863. Millet sent to Salon: Man with the Hoe, The Wool Carder (see list of
works in 1862), and a Shepherd bringing Home his Sheep.

1864. Millet exhibited at the Salon: The Shepherdess, and The Birth of the
Calf (see list of works in 1862).

1865. Completion of decorative pictures for M. Thomas: Spring and Summer,
panels 8 by 4 ft., set in the woodwork; Autumn for the ceiling;
Winter for the chimneypiece.

1866. Short visit to Vichy, Auvergne, Clermont, Issoire.

1867. Millet exhibited at the Exposition Universelle (International
Exhibition):--
Death and the Woodcutter (refused by the Salon of 1859).
The Gleaners.
The Shepherdess.
The Sheep Shearer.
The Shepherd.
The Sheep Fold.
The Potato Planters.
The Potato Harvest.
The Angelus.
Visit to Vichy in June.

1867-69. The Pig Killers.

1868. Millet made Chevalier of the Legion of Honor, August 13.
Journey with Sensier in Alsace and Switzerland, September.

1870. Millet elected, March 24, juror for coming exposition.
The Woman Churning exhibited at the Salon.
Departure for Greville on account of danger of remaining
in Barbizon during the war.

1871. Return to Barbizon Novemb