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Sir Frederick Alexis Eaton

(1838-1913), Secretary of the Royal Academy, editor and writer

Sitter in 6 portraits
Frederick Eaton was a medievalist and the secretary and chronicler of the Royal Academy. He was educated at St. Alban's, Oxford, graduating in 1860. Eaton edited Murray's Handbooks on Egypt in 1870 and later one on South Italy. He was appointed secretary of the Royal Academy in 1873, where he was required to deal with the artists exhibiting and those who had been rejected from the annual exhibitions. In 1882, he translated the biography of Albrecht Dürer by Moriz Thausing.

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Private View of the Old Masters Exhibition, Royal Academy, 1888, by Henry Jamyn Brooks - NPG 1833Private View of the Old Masters Exhibition, Royal Academy, 1888
by Henry Jamyn Brooks
NPG 1833
Selecting Committee, Royal Academy, circa 1892, by Reginald Cleaver - NPG 4245Selecting Committee, Royal Academy, circa 1892
by Reginald Cleaver
NPG 4245
Sir Frederick Alexis Eaton, by Unknown photographer - NPG x4960Sir Frederick Alexis Eaton
by Unknown photographer
NPG x4960
Sir Frederick Alexis Eaton, by Unknown photographer - NPG x14308Sir Frederick Alexis Eaton
by Unknown photographer
NPG x14308
Sir Frederick Alexis Eaton, after Sir Edward John Poynter, 1st Bt - NPG D36065Sir Frederick Alexis Eaton
after Sir Edward John Poynter, 1st Bt
NPG D36065
Key to Private View of the Old Masters Exhibition, Royal Academy, 1888, after Henry Jamyn Brooks - NPG D42236Key to Private View of the Old Masters Exhibition, Royal Academy, 1888
after Henry Jamyn Brooks
NPG D42236

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Jim Johns

06 November 2019, 00:15

He married Charlotte Caroline GREVILLE daughter of Southwell GREVILLE and his wife Jane TRONSON.