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See also:FRANCIS See also:DAVIS See also:MILLET (1846- )
, See also:American artist, was See also:born at Mattapoisett, See also:Massachusetts, on the 3rd of See also:November 1846
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He was a drummer boy with the See also:Union forces in the See also:Civil See also:War; graduated from Harvard See also:College in 1869; and in 1871 entered the Royal See also:Academy of See also:Fine Arts, See also:Antwerp, where he studied under See also:Van Lerius and De Keyser
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In 1873 he was made secretary of the Massachusetts See also:commission to the See also:Vienna Exposition
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During the Russo-See also:Turkish War of 1877–78 he was correspondent of the See also:London Daily See also:News and Graphic, and of the New See also:York See also:Herald
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On his return he was made a member from the See also:United States of the See also:International See also:Art See also:Jury at the See also:Paris Exposition of 1878
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He was director of decorations at the Columbian Exposition, See also:Chicago, 1893, and in 1898 he went to See also:Manila as war correspondent for The Times and for Harper's Weekly
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In 188o he became a member of the Society of American Artists, and in 1885 was elected to full membership in the See also:National Academy of See also:Design, New York, and was for one See also:term its See also:vice-See also:president; he became a member also of the American See also:Water Color Society and of the See also:Institute of Painters in Oil See also:Colours, London
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As a decorative artist his See also:work may be seen at Trinity See also: |
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