Joseph Oriel Eaton

For his son who created Eaton Corporation, see Joseph Oriel Eaton II.
Joseph Oriel Eaton
Born(1829-02-08)February 8, 1829, Newark, Licking County, Ohio, U.S.
DiedFebruary 7, 1875(1875-02-07) (aged 45), Yonkers, Westchester County, New York, U.S

Joseph Oriel Eaton (1829-1875)[1] 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.

Eaton's 1870 portrait of Herman Melville

Personal life

He was married to Emmaline (Emma) Goodwin, great-granddaughter of John Adams, and granddaughter of John Quincy Adams.[2][3] The Eatons had seven children:

  • Son, Frank[3]
  • Son, William[3]
  • Son, Charles Sedgwick Eaton (c. 1856-1911)
  • Daughter, Frances Goodman Eaton (c. 1864 - 1903), married to Simón Bolívar Camacho (1859-1906), the great grand-nephew of Simón Bolívar, the Liberator, and the son of a Venezuelan diplomat [4][5] [6]
  • Daughter, Mary Nelson (c. 1869 – 1948), married Frank Howard Nelson on June 6, 1907, in Montclair, New Jersey.[3][7][8][9][10]
  • Daughter, Margaret (c. 1858-1931), married to Swedish Count Henning Gustave Taube,[2][3] who was a co-founder of Eaton Corporation and brother of Swedish Prime Minister Arvid Taube.[11]
  • Son, Harrison, but later known as Joseph Oriel Eaton II, born 1873 and a co-founder of Eaton Corporation[3]


A granddaughter named Margaret Camacho was married to John Stoye on November 6, 1911.[12]

Works

Mother and Children in an Interior

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. (National Academy of Design)
  • A portrait of daughter Mary at age 4 (Cincinnati Art Museum). c. 1874[13][14]

Death and legacy

Eaton was elected into the National Academy of Design as an associate academician in 1866. He died in Yonkers, New York in 1875.

References

  1. ^ "Joseph Oriel Eaton - Biography". www.askart.com. Retrieved 2024-06-12.
  2. ^ a b "Obituary Notes". The New York Times. 1912-06-22. p. 13. Retrieved 2022-08-23.
  3. ^ a b c d e f "Mrs. Emma G. Eaton". The Montclair Times. 1912-06-29. p. 4. Retrieved 2022-08-23.
  4. ^ Dayton Art Institute - https://daytonart.emuseum.com/people/233/joseph-oriel-eaton%7Caccess-date=2024-10-08
  5. ^ Hagley Library - https://www.hagley.org/librarynews/life-salesman-diaries-sim%C3%B3n-bol%C3%ADvar-camacho
  6. ^ Hagley Library Archive Photos - https://digital.hagley.org/MSS_2704_01_06#page/24/mode/2up
  7. ^ "Three Weddings Announced". The Montclair Times. 1907-05-25. p. 4. Retrieved 2022-08-23.
  8. ^ "Obituary for Mary Eaton Nelson (Aged 81)". The Cincinnati Post. 1948-10-22. p. 38. Retrieved 2022-08-23.
  9. ^ "Marriage of Nelson-Eaton". The New York Times. 1907-06-07. p. 9. Retrieved 2022-08-23.
  10. ^ "Nelson Will Probated". The Cincinnati Enquirer. 1948-10-28. p. 8. Retrieved 2022-08-23.
  11. ^ "Count H. G. Taube, Former Resident of Lake George Dies". The Post-Star. 1928-03-12. p. 5. Retrieved 2022-08-23.
  12. ^ "Notes About Town". The Montclair Times. 1911-11-11. p. 2. Retrieved 2022-08-23.
  13. ^ "Museum Opens Portrait Show of Unique Type". The Cincinnati Post. 1933-02-04. p. 2. Retrieved 2022-08-23.
  14. ^ "Obituary for Mary Eaton Nelson (Aged 78)". The Cincinnati Enquirer. 1948-10-23. p. 10. Retrieved 2022-08-23.
  • Public Domain This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Bryan, Michael (1886). "Eaton, Joseph O.". In Graves, Robert Edmund (ed.). Bryan's Dictionary of Painters and Engravers (A–K). Vol. I (3rd ed.). London: George Bell & Sons.
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