er 7.

1874. Order from Administration of Beaux Arts for mural decorations in
the Pantheon (Ste. Genevieve), Paris.
The Priory painted.

1875. Death of Millet, January 20, at Barbizon.

[Footnote 1: To this was added later 600 francs from the General
Council of La Manche, but both annuities were soon discontinued.]

[Footnote 2: The exact date of Millet's severing connection
with Delaroche is not mentioned by his biographers, though the
circumstances are detailed.]

V. SOME OF MILLET'S ASSOCIATES

Companions in the studio of Delaroche:--
Charles Francois Hebert (1817- ).
Jalabert (1819- ).
Thomas Couture (1815-1879).
Edouard Frere (1819-1886).
Adolphe Yvon (1817- ).
Antigna (1818-1878).
Prosper Louis Roux (1817- ).
Marolle.
Cavalier, sculptor.
Gendron (1817-1881).

Friends and neighbors in Paris:--
Couture (also fellow student in studio of Delaroche).
Tourneaux (1809-1867), painter and poet.
Diaz (1808-1876), landscape painter.
Joseph Guichard (1836-1877), marine painter.
Charles Jacque (1813- ), etcher.
Campredon.
Sechan, clever scene painter.
Dieterle, clever scene painter.
Eugene Lacoste.
Azevedo, musical critic.

Friends at Barbizon:--
Charles Jacque (who removed thither with him).
Diaz (also a friend of the Paris days).
Corot (1796-1875).
Theodore Rousseau (1812-1867).
Laure (1806-1861).
William Morris Hunt, American painter.
Mr. Hearn, American painter.
Mr. Babcock, American painter.
Edward Wheelwright, American painter.
Wyatt Eaton, American painter.
Will Low, American painter.

I

GOING TO WORK

On the other side of the Atlantic Ocean, where the sea forms a narrow
channel separating the British Isles from the European continent, lies
that part of France known as the old province of Normandy. There is
here a very dangerous and precipitous coast lined with granite cliffs.
The villages along the sea produce a hardy race of peasants who make
bold fishermen on the water and thrifty farmers on the land.

To this Norman peasant stock belonged Jean Francois Millet, the
painter of the pictures reproduced in this little book. He was brought
up to hard out-of-door labor on his father's farm in the village of
Greville, but when the artistic impulses within him could no longer
be repressed, he left his home to study art. Though he became a famous
painter, he always remained at heart a true pea