Millet sent to Salon: Man with the Hoe, The Wool Carder (see
list of works in 1862), and a Shepherd bringing Home his
Sheep.
Millet exhibited at the Salon: The Shepherdess, and The Birth
of the Calf (see list of works in 1862).
Completion of decorative pictures for M. Thomas: Spring and
Summer, panels 8 by 4 ft., set in the woodwork; Autumn for the
ceiling; Winter for the chimneypiece.
Short visit to Vichy, Auvergne, Clermont, Issoire.
Millet exhibited at the Exposition Universelle (International
Exhibition):—
Death and the Woodcutter (refused by the Salon of 1859).
The Gleaners.
The Shepherdess.
The Sheep Shearer.
The Shepherd.
The Sheep Fold.
The Potato Planters.
The Potato Harvest.
The Angelus.
Visit to Vichy in June.
The Pig Killers.
Millet made Chevalier of the Legion of Honor, August 13.
Journey with Sensier in Alsace and Switzerland, September.
Millet elected, March 24, juror for coming exposition.
The Woman Churning exhibited at the Salon.
Departure for Gréville on account of danger of remaining
in Barbizon during the war.