Ellen Miller (artist)

[1]: 15–17  Ellen Miller and Margaret C. Whiting both studied at the National Academy of Design, and were pupils of Robert Crannell Minor in the summer of 1884.

[3] Miller and Margaret C. Whiting became fascinated by the old embroidery they found at Memorial Hall Museum in Deerfield, spending time to learn the stitches they were unfamiliar with.

They rode around the area via horse and carriage in order to find scenes for sketching, and were able to ask people they came to know about old embroidery they owned.

As the Society became more organized, a small room in the front of the Miller house was made into a showroom for the group's products.

[4]: 75  In addition, Miller designed patterns for items that were stitched and sold by Society members, calling upon her fine art background.

Title page of Wild Flowers of the North-Eastern States by Miller and Whiting, 1895
Frontispiece illustration by Ellen Miller of Wild Senna in Wild Flowers of the North-Eastern States