Joseph Oriel Eaton

Joseph Oriel Eaton (born 1829) 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.

For his son who created Eaton Corporation, see Joseph Oriel Eaton II.
Joseph Oriel Eaton
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.[1][2] The Eatons had five children:

  • Son, Frank[2]
  • Son, William[2]
  • Daughter, Mary Nelson (c. 1869 – 1948), married Frank Howard Nelson on June 6, 1907, in Montclair, New Jersey.[2][3][4][5][6]
  • Daughter, Margaret, married to Swedish Count Henning Gustave Taube,[1][2] who was a co-founder of Eaton Corporation and brother of Swedish Prime Minister Arvid Taube.[7]
  • Son, Harrison, but later known as Joseph Oriel Eaton II, born 1873 and a co-founder of Eaton Corporation[2]

A granddaughter (or possibly step-granddaughter) named Margaret Comacho was married to John Stoye on November 6, 1911.[8]

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[9][10]

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. "Obituary Notes". The New York Times. 1912-06-22. p. 13. Retrieved 2022-08-23.
  2. "Mrs. Emma G. Eaton". The Montclair Times. 1912-06-29. p. 4. Retrieved 2022-08-23.
  3. "Three Weddings Announced". The Montclair Times. 1907-05-25. p. 4. Retrieved 2022-08-23.
  4. "Obituary for Mary Eaton Nelson (Aged 81)". The Cincinnati Post. 1948-10-22. p. 38. Retrieved 2022-08-23.
  5. "Marriage of Nelson-Eaton". The New York Times. 1907-06-07. p. 9. Retrieved 2022-08-23.
  6. "Nelson Will Probated". The Cincinnati Enquirer. 1948-10-28. p. 8. Retrieved 2022-08-23.
  7. "Count H. G. Taube, Former Resident of Lake George Dies". The Post-Star. 1928-03-12. p. 5. Retrieved 2022-08-23.
  8. "Notes About Town". The Montclair Times. 1911-11-11. p. 2. Retrieved 2022-08-23.
  9. "Museum Opens Portrait Show of Unique Type". The Cincinnati Post. 1933-02-04. p. 2. Retrieved 2022-08-23.
  10. "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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