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This painting was done during Millet’s time in Antwerp at the Royal Academy. A charwoman was a paid part-time worker who cleaned for a few hours a day They differed from maids, who typically lived as part of a household within the structure of domestic service. A charwoman might have worked independently, often for cash in hand, or would have come through an employment agency.
Artist
Francis David Millet
(American, 1848 - 1912)
Charwoman
Date1873
MediumOil on canvas
DimensionsFramed: 21 7/16 × 18 3/8 × 1 7/8 in. (54.5 × 46.7 × 4.8 cm)
Sight: 15 1/2 × 12 3/8 in. (39.4 × 31.4 cm)
Object numberN0022.2024
Credit LineCollection of the Fenimore Art Museum. Museum Purchase
Photograph by Richard Walker
Label TextFrancis Davis Millet was the father of Laurence Millet, whose portrait by Francis’s friend, John Singer Sargent is also in Fenimore’s collection. Francis, or Frank, studied in Antwerp, Belgium at the Royal Academy of Fine Arts. While in his first year at the Royal Academy in 1871, he became the first American student to win a silver medal for his paintings. During his second year, he went on to receive a gold medal.This painting was done during Millet’s time in Antwerp at the Royal Academy. A charwoman was a paid part-time worker who cleaned for a few hours a day They differed from maids, who typically lived as part of a household within the structure of domestic service. A charwoman might have worked independently, often for cash in hand, or would have come through an employment agency.
On View
Not on viewJune 16, 1919
c. 1922-1954
