Joseph Oriel Eaton

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.

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

[12] Among his exhibited works were: Eaton was elected into the National Academy of Design as an associate academician in 1866.

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