Edwardian people trying to look like the ancients but the clothes don’t quite work. American. Francis Davis Millet, painter. Born in 1848 he died in the sinking of the RMS Titanic on April 15, 1912.

An Autumn Idyll. 1892. American. Oil on canvas. Francis Davis Millet, painter (1848-1912). Signed and dated F.D. Millet ’92 on the bottom right. Collections of the Brooklyn Museum. In the public domain in the United States because the artist died over 100 years ago. via https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Francis_Davis_Millet_-_An_Autumn_Idyll,_1892.jpg

Reading the Story of Oenone. ca. 1883. American. Oil on canvas. Francis Davis Millet, painter (1848-1912). Collections of the Detroit Institute of Arts. Detroit Institute of Arts, Detroit Museum of Art Purchase, Art Loan Fund and Popular Subscription Fund, 83.1. Artwork itself in the public domain due to age. via https://dia.org/collection/reading-story-oenone-65958

Thesmophoria. Finished sketch for a large mural in the Bank of Pittsburgh, presenting a procession of women dressed in white performing the ancient Greek festival of Demeter, the goddess of agriculture. 1894-1897. Aesthetic era. American. Oil on canvas. Francis Davis Millet, painter (1848-1912). Collections of the Brigham Young University Museum of Art. Artwork itself in the public domain due to age. https://moa.byu.edu/civilization-at-the-byu-museum-of-art/thesmophoria

A Hymn. Undated, by 1912. American. Oil on canvas. Francis David Millet, painter (1848-1912). Collections of the Milwaukee Art Museum. Artwork itself in the public domain due to age. via https://books0977.tumblr.com/post/179472635592/a-hymn-francis-davis-millet-american

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