Joseph Oriel Eaton

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Joseph Oriel Eaton
Herman Melville by Joseph O Eaton.jpg
Portrait of Herman Melville, 1870

Joseph Oriel Eaton, an American painter of portraits and figure subjects, both in oil and in water-colours, was born in 1829. He died at Yonkers on the Hudson in 1875.

Mother and Children in an Interior

Among his exhibited works were:

  • Landscape: View on the Hudson. 1868.
  • Greek Water-Carrier. 1872.
  • Lady Godiva. 1874.
  • Looking through the Kaleidoscope. 1875.
  • His own Portrait. 1875. (National Academy of Design).

He was elected into the National Academy of Design as an Associate Academician in 1866.

References[]

  • Public Domain This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domainBryan, Michael (1886). "Eaton, Joseph O.". In Graves, Robert Edmund (ed.). Bryan's Dictionary of Painters and Engravers (A–K). I (3rd ed.). London: George Bell & Sons.


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