Edwin and Robert Deakin papers
name: label: Creator
content: Deakin, Edwin, 1838-1923
label: Creator
content: Deakin, Robert, 1811-1872
label: Names
content: Deakins family
topic: label: Occupation
content: Landscape painters
label: Topic
content: Landscape painting, American -- California
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: The donor, Marjorie Dakin Arkelian, is the granddaughter of Edwin Deakin.
creator: label: Creator
content: Deakin, Edwin, 1838-1923
label: Creator
content: Deakin, Robert, 1811-1872
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Painter, born Sheffield, England. Settled in Chicago in 1859. Moved to San Francisco, California in 1870. Painted landscapes of Yosemite, Lake Tahoe, and a series on the 21 Franciscan missions which he published in 1900. Edwin Deakin's works are included in the collections of the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, M. H. de Young Memorial Museum and the Oakland Museum, Oakland, California.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 2 Items ((on 1 microfilm reel))
unitdate: label: Date
content: [ca. 1835-1881]
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.deakedwi
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Scrapbooks
altformavail: label: Existence and Location of Copies
content: 35mm microfilm reel 4201 available at Archives of American Art offices and through interlibrary loan.
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Scrapbooks
originalsloc: label: Existence and Location of Originals
content: ORIGINALS IN: the possession of Marjorie Dakin Arkelian.
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: Scrapbook of Edwin Deakin consists of 137 pages of clippings, mainly from San Francisco publications, and pertaining primarily to artists and art events in California from 1872-1881. Journal of Robert Deakin, father of the painter Edwin Deakin, consisting of approximately 50 pages, contains a family genealogy, clippings and handwritten transcriptions of newspaper articles and letters pertaining to family history, as well as entries regarding his emigration to the United States.