Herman Melville by Joseph O Eaton, Joseph Oriel Eaton, May 1870

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. Object Type: painting. Date: May 1870. Dimensions: height: 26.5 in (67.3 cm); width: 21.5 in (54.6 cm). Medium: oil on canvas. Collection: Houghton Library.