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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 1833

Private View of the Old Masters Exhibition, Royal Academy, 1888

by Henry Jamyn Brooks
oil on canvas, 1889
NPG 1833

Selecting Committee, Royal Academy, circa 1892, by Reginald Cleaver - NPG 4245

Selecting Committee, Royal Academy, circa 1892

by Reginald Cleaver
pen and ink, circa 1892
NPG 4245

Sir Frederick Alexis Eaton, by Unknown photographer - NPG x4960

Sir Frederick Alexis Eaton

by Unknown photographer
albumen carte-de-visite, circa late 1860s
NPG x4960

Sir Frederick Alexis Eaton, by Unknown photographer - NPG x14308

Sir Frederick Alexis Eaton

by Unknown photographer
cabinet card, circa 1890s
NPG x14308

Sir Frederick Alexis Eaton, after Sir Edward John Poynter, 1st Bt - NPG D36065

Sir Frederick Alexis Eaton

after Sir Edward John Poynter, 1st Bt
aquatint photogravure, (1913)
NPG D36065

Key to Private View of the Old Masters Exhibition, Royal Academy, 1888, after Henry Jamyn Brooks - NPG D42236

Key to Private View of the Old Masters Exhibition, Royal Academy, 1888

after Henry Jamyn Brooks
photograph, 1919 or after
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.

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