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Artist
Joseph Oriel Eaton  (1829–1875)  wikidata:Q6285959
 
Alternative names
Joseph Easton; Joseph Orville Eaton; Joseph O. Eaton
Description American painter
Date of birth/death 1829 Edit this at Wikidata 1875 Edit this at Wikidata
Location of birth/death Yonkers
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artist QS:P170,Q6285959
Object type painting
object_type QS:P31,Q3305213
Description
English: Portrait of Herman Melville. Commissioned and presented to the family by Melville's brother-in-law, John Hoadley. The portrait now hangs in the Edison and Newman Room in the Houghton Library at Harvard University.
Date May 1870
date QS:P571,+1870-05-00T00:00:00Z/10
Medium oil on canvas
medium QS:P186,Q296955;P186,Q12321255,P518,Q861259
Dimensions height: 26.5 in (67.3 cm); width: 21.5 in (54.6 cm)
dimensions QS:P2048,26.5U218593
dimensions QS:P2049,21.5U218593
institution QS:P195,Q3719374
Accession number
61Z-4
Source/Photographer Houghton Library - Harvard University - Modern Books and Manuscripts
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