1840. A portrait of M.L.F. exhibited at Salon of the Louvre.

1841. Portrait of Mademoiselle Antoinette Feuardent.
Marriage with Mademoiselle Pauline Virginie Ono in Cherbourg.

1842. Returned to Paris.

1844. Millet exhibited at Salon: the Milkmaid, the Riding Lesson.
Death of Millet's wife, April 21, and Millet's return home for
18 months.

1845. Marriage with Catherine Lemaire late in summer, in Gréville.
Visit in Havre in November.
Arrival in Paris in December, and residence in the rue
Rochehouart.

1847. Oedipus taken from the Tree exhibited at the Salon.

1848. Millet exhibited at the Salon the Winnower, bought by M.
Ledru-Rollin for 500 francs, and the Captivity of the Jews in
Babylon.

1849. Removal to Barbizon.

1850. The Sower painted and exhibited at the Salon with the Sheaf Binders.

1851. Death of Millet's grandmother, Louise Jumelin, at Gruchy.

1853. Death of Millet's mother at Gruchy.
Millet exhibited at the Salon:--