Francis Davis Millet
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Francis Davis Millet was an American academic classical painter, sculptor, and writer who died in the sinking of the RMS Titanic.
Photographed circa 1910
The Fourth Minnesota Entering Vicksburg, c. 1904, Governor's Reception Room at the Minnesota State Capitol
Millet at work in his studio, c. 1900
Mrs Frank Millet ("Lily", née Elizabeth Merrill), John Singer Sargent, 1885–1886
Titanic
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RMS Titanic was a British ocean liner that sank in the early hours of 15 April 1912 after striking an iceberg on her maiden voyage from Southampton, England, to New York City. Of the 2,208 passengers
Francis Davis Millet
…to 1911. He was a founding member and vice chairman of the U.S. Commission of Fine Arts, serving from 1910 until his death in 1912. He died aboard the Titanic while traveling to New York City on Academy business. As well as an artist, Millet was a writer and journalist. He translated Tolstoy and also wrote…
RMS Titanic departing Southampton on 10 April 1912
RMS Olympic's rudder with central and port wing propellers; the man at the bottom shows scale.
Marconi Company receiving equipment for a 5-kilowatt ocean liner station in the wireless radio room of Titanic's sister ship, Olympic
The only known picture of Titanic's wireless radio room, taken by the Catholic priest Francis Browne. Harold Bride is seated at the desk.