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An 1870 oil-on-canvas portrait by Joseph Oriel Eaton of the US author Herman Melville (1819 – 1891). (Houghton Library, Harvard University)
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Eaton, J. O. (2025, January 06). Herman Melville, 1870. World History Encyclopedia. https://www.worldhistory.org/image/19848/herman-melville-1870/
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Eaton, Joseph Oriel. "Herman Melville, 1870." World History Encyclopedia, January 06, 2025. https://www.worldhistory.org/image/19848/herman-melville-1870/.
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Eaton, Joseph Oriel. "Herman Melville, 1870." World History Encyclopedia, 06 Jan 2025, https://www.worldhistory.org/image/19848/herman-melville-1870/.
