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Eliza Greatorex

American, born Ireland, 1819 - 1897

BiographyArt of the Print: Although she was born in Ireland and died in France, the greatest part of Eliza Greatorex’s life was spent in America. She came to New York City in 1840 and married a prominent organist. At the age of thirty-eight, however, Eliza Pratt Greatorex was left a widow and began to support herself and her family as a painter, etcher, illustrator and teacher. To this end she studied painting under William Hart, in New York, and under Emile Lambinet, in Paris (1861-1862). Eliza Greatorex's first accomplishments were as a pen and ink illustrator and as a painter. Eliza Pratt Greatorex initial instructions in etching were under Charles Henri Toussaint (Paris, 1878-1879). From that point on she created a number of fine landscape and city views, both in France and in America. These were exhibited at the prestigious Paris Salon from 1881 to 1894, as well as in Berlin and London.

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