Joseph Oriel Eaton
Joseph Oriel Eaton was an American painter of portraits and figure subjects, both in oil and in water-colours. His most famous work is his portrait of Herman Melville, author of the 1851 novel Moby-Dick.
Personal life
He was married to Emmaline Goodwin, great-granddaughter of John Adams, and granddaughter of John Quincy Adams. The Eatons had seven children:- Son, Frank
- Son, William
- Son, Charles Sedgwick Eaton
- Daughter, Frances Goodman Eaton, married to Simón Bolívar Camacho, the great grand-nephew of Simón Bolívar, the Liberator, and the son of a Venezuelan diplomat
- Daughter, Mary Nelson, married Frank Howard Nelson on June 6, 1907, in Montclair, New Jersey.
- Daughter, Margaret, married to Swedish Count Henning Gustave Taube, who was a co-founder of Eaton Corporation and brother of Swedish Prime Minister Arvid Taube.
- Son, Harrison, but later known as Joseph Oriel Eaton II, born 1873 and a co-founder of Eaton Corporation
Works
Among his exhibited works were:- Landscape: View on the Hudson. 1868.
- Multiple portraits of John Means of Kentucky. 1868
- Greek Water-Carrier. 1872.
- Lady Godiva. 1874.
- Looking through the Kaleidoscope. 1875.
- His own Portrait. 1875.
- A portrait of daughter Mary at age 4.