The Encyclopedia Americana (1920)/Greatorex, Eliza Pratt

GREATOREX,, Eliza Pratt, American artist: b. Manor Hamilton, Ireland, 25 Dec. 1819; d. Paris, 9 Feb. 1897. She studied art in New York and Paris. Her work began in landscape painting but pen and ink work and etching subsequently absorbed her efforts. In 1868 she was elected associate of the National Academy. In 1870 she visited Germany and in 1871 published &lsquo;The Homes of Oberammergau.&rsquo; Her principal works are &lsquo;Summer Etchings in Colorado&rsquo; (1873) and &lsquo;Old New York from the Battery to Bloomingdale&rsquo; (1876).