1875
GUSN-364821
Pencil sketch of the spire of the Abbey of Sainte-Trinité, better known as the Abbaye aux Dames, in Caen, France. Drawn by draftsman Edward Eldon Deane. Signed as follows: "Caen / Aug. 16th, '75 / E.E.D."
renderings (drawings)
drawings (visual works)
abbeys (monasteries)
spires
exterior views
historic monuments
Romanesque
religious communities (built complexes)
convents (nunneries)
sketches
graphite pencils
architectural drawings (visual works)
1 pencil sketch ; 10 x 7 inches
GC001
Original art collection
2024
GC001.FR.Caen.813
Library & Archives purchase, 2024
Caen (Calvados, Basse-Normandie, France)
Deane, Edward Eldon, 1851-1919 (Artist)
sketches
graphite pencils
architectural drawings (visual works)
Deane, Edward Eldon, 1851-1919
Architecture
Art
Minor soil, matte darkening. Matte was removed from item before acquisition by Historic New England.
Item
Edward Eldon Deane was born in England in 1851. He began his career as an architectural renderer, also known as a draftsman, in London. He studied at the Architectural Association School of Architecture in London and worked in the city until he left England for America in 1883. Deane spent time in Massachusetts, New York, and South Carolina, among other locations while in America. Deane died in 1919.
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