Joseph Oriel Eaton
For his son who created Eaton Corporation, see Joseph Oriel Eaton II.
Portrait of Herman Melville, etch after the painting by Eaton
MOTHER AND CHILDREN IN AN INTERIOR
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. 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
This article incorporates text from the article "EATON, Joseph O." in Bryan's Dictionary of Painters and Engravers by Michael Bryan, edited by Robert Edmund Graves and Sir Walter Armstrong, an 1886–1889 publication now in the public domain.
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