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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 .
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:
A granddaughter (or possibly step-granddaughter) named Margaret Comacho was married to John Stoye on November 6, 1911. [8]
Among his exhibited works were:
Eaton was elected into the National Academy of Design as an associate academician in 1866. He died in Yonkers, New York in 1875.
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