Francis Davis Millet [1846-1912]
United States
Hester Prynne, The Scarlet Letter, ca.1908
Oil on canvas on board
12 x 13 inches
Signed on verso : ‘Hester Prynne made for au / Mitial Letters to The Scarlett [sic] Letter / published by the Grolier Club’ and ‘75.00 net / [line] OE 55’ and ‘by / F.W. Millet’ and ’16×15′ and ’18 / A’.

Created by Millet as an illustration of Hester Prynne for Hawthorne’s The Scarlet Letter, a limited edition publication (1908, Grolier Club, NY).

Created by Millet as an illustration of Hester Prynne for Hawthorne’s The Scarlet Letter, a limited edition publication (1908, Grolier Club, NY).