The Man with the Hoe.

1863. Millet sent to Salon: Man with the Hoe, The Wool Carder (see list of
works in 1862), and a Shepherd bringing Home his Sheep.

1864. Millet exhibited at the Salon: The Shepherdess, and The Birth of the
Calf (see list of works in 1862).

1865. 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.

1866. Short visit to Vichy, Auvergne, Clermont, Issoire.

1867. 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.

1867-69. The Pig Killers.

1868. Millet made Chevalier of the Legion of Honor, August 13.