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Francis Davis Millet one of the Broadway Group of Artists

FRANCIS DAVIS MILLET

1846-1912

Francis Millet was the host of a small group of artists, including Americans, who congregated in Broadway at the end of the 19th Century. Francis Davis Millet lived at both Farnham House and Russell House. The group included John Singer Sargent whose painting 'Carnation, Lily, Lily, Rose' was painted in Broadway.

Millet was born in Massachusetts, USA in 1846. He was a drummer Boy with the Union forces in the Civil War and graduated from Harvard with a degree in Literature in 1869. He became a correspondent on the Russin-Turkish War (1877 - 1878) for several newspapers and married Elizabeth or 'Lily' in 1879.

Painting of 'Between Two Fires' by Francis Davis Millet

Between Two Fires - Painted by Francis Davis Millet

Millet's most famous painting is perhaps 'Between Two Fires', which like many other of the period, was painted in the 14th Century Abbot's Grange mansion (near the village green), which Millet salvaged from disrepair with the help of William Morris. It subsequently became his studio for many years during his stay in Broadway.

In 1912 Millet booked first class passage on the maiden voyage of the Royal Mail Ship Titanic en route home to the United States. The ship sank on April 15th having struck an iceberg.

Millet was seen helping women and children into lifeboats. His body was recovered and he is buried in East BridgewaterCentral Cementary, Plymouth County, Massachusettes.

In Broadway, his friends, in tribute to Francis Millet, paid for a Lychgate building at the entance to the upper graveyard at St. Eadburgha's Church on Snowshill Road ( 1 mile outside of the village).

The Lychgate built in memory of Francis Davis Millet

The inscription above the gate is in latin and reads:

Francisco Davis Millet Viro in Artibvs Litterisqve Praestanti Qvi Navi
Titanica Fracta Dvm Spem Timidis Affert Mortem Laetvs Oppetivit Hoc
Monvmentvm Svavis Amicitiae Memores Sodales Ponendvm Cvravervnt

Translated this reads:

In tribute to Francis Millet a man of excellence in the Arts and Literature.
He met his death with fortitude as the ship Titanic sank whilst still giving
hope to those who feared for their lives. His dear friends sought the
dedication of this memorial in fond memory of his treasured fellowship.


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