Reverend Jacob Eaton
PhotographerPhotographed by
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Date1861-1864
MediumPhotography; albumen print on paper on cardboard mount
DimensionsPrimary Dimensions (image height x width): 5 7/8 x 5 1/4in. (14.9 x 13.3cm)
Sheet (height x width): 5 7/8 x 5 1/4in. (14.9 x 13.3cm)
Mount (height x width): 7 1/2 x 5 5/8in. (19.1 x 14.3cm)
Sheet (height x width): 5 7/8 x 5 1/4in. (14.9 x 13.3cm)
Mount (height x width): 7 1/2 x 5 5/8in. (19.1 x 14.3cm)
ClassificationsGraphics
Credit LineThe Newman S. Hungerford Museum Fund
DescriptionThree-quarter length oval portrait of a seated man wearing a military uniform. He had a beard and mustache. His legs are crossed and he holds a sword across his lap. His cap rests on a table beside him.
Object number2010.4.1
InscribedOn verso, lower center, in pencil, accession numberNotesSubject Note: Jacob Eaton was educated at Yale and at the Yale Theological Seminary. He was pastor of the Third Congregational Church in Meriden. He enlisted in the Union Army in 1861 and was wounded at Antietam in September 1862. Upon recovery, he re-enlisted in the Seventh Cennecticut Volunteer Infantry and served as Regimental Chaplain. He died of typhoid fever in 1865. (Finlay 2/1/2011)On View
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