Edwin Deakin Mission Sketches

Seaver Center for Western History Research, Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County

900 Exposition Boulevard

Los Angeles, California 90007-4057

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2014

Descriptive Summary

Title: Edwin Deakin Mission Sketches

Dates: 1872-1905

Collection Number: GC 1176

Creator/Collector: Deakin, Edwin, 1838-1923

Extent: (Boxes: 3 ov)

Repository: Seaver Center for Western History Research, Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County

Los Angeles, California 90007-4057

Abstract: Scrapbook of Deakin's California mission sketches; sketches of El Molino, a Spanish mill in Pasadena; several magazines of which belonged to Deakin (1900-1905). ca. 1872-1905.

Language of Material: English

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Preferred Citation

Edwin Deakin Mission Sketches. Seaver Center for Western History Research, Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County

Biography/Administrative History

Englishman Deakin (1838-1923) began studying and painting California missions upon settling in California in 1870 and continued until about 1899.

Scope and Content of Collection

Scrapbook of Deakin's California mission sketches; sketches of El Molino, a Spanish mill in Pasadena; several magazines of which belonged to Deakin (1900-1905). ca. 1872-1905. See also various pages reproduced in General Photo File.

Indexing Terms

Missions of California

Sketches.