 In 1952, following Archibald Miller's retirement, the family moved to Dorset.Her RSA pension was withdrawn three years after her departure from Scotland, and she was also debarred from becoming an Academician, however Josephine continued to exhibit at the RSA until her death in 1975.Miller worked in oils and watercolours, and would paint still lifes of flowers, or scenes from her travels to Europe, which also provided subjects for etchings.