354 results for: Visual Arts
Oil portrait of Jacob Furth by unknown artist, ca. 1900
Jacob Furth (1840-1914) was an early Seattle businessman and public figure who played a large role in developing Seattle's city infrastructure. As the president of Seattle National Bank, Furth also helped Seattle recover from the Great Fire of 1889 and financial panic of 1893.
ID Number:1956.1145.2
Date:Circa 1900
Portrait of Clarence Bagley by Louise Crow, ca. 1910-1930
Clarence Bagley (1843-1932), the son of early settler Daniel Bagley, arrived in Seattle as a teenager and later became a prolific writer who compiled the first histories of Seattle and King County. The artist, Louise Crow Boyac (1891–1968) was born and raised in Seattle and a member of the Moran family. Crow achieved recognition for her Impressionistic landscape and figure…
ID Number:1956.1145.3
Date:Circa 1910-1930
Oil portrait of John Webster by unknown artist, ca. 1880
Oil portrait of John Webster (1817-1891). He came west around the Horn to the Pacific Coast in 1857, eventually moved to Seattle in 1880 after being a territorial representative, molder, blacksmith, and rancher. He retired and resided at 3rd Avenue and Madison Street. Webster also served as University of Washington Regent, organized and was the first president of the Seattle…
ID Number:1956.1164.1
Date:Circa 1880
Painted portrait of Phoebe Anne Stowell Webster by unknown artist, ca. 1860-1880
Phoebe Ann Stowell married John Webster in New York in the 1850s, but he soon travelled to the West Coast, with Phoebe and family joining him in Port Madison, Washington, in 1862. In 1880, they moved to Seattle to a home on 3rd Avenue and Madison Street where John retired. Phoebe died in 1886 and John died in 1891.
ID Number:1956.1164.2
Date:Circa 1860-1880
Wax figure of Kikisoblu (Princess Angeline) by Lillian Smart, 1956
Kikisoblu (Princess Angeline), also known in Lushootseed as Kikisoblu, Kick-is-om-lo, or Wewick, was the eldest daughter of Chief Si'ahl (Chief Seattle). She was born around 1820 and lived until she was in her mid-seventies. Lillian Smart, a local artist who lived at Alki Point, taught herself the process of making wax figures and her family often served as models and…
ID Number:1956.1175
Date:1956
Bronze medallion for street lamp base, ca. 1928
Seattle sculptor James A. Wehn (1882-1973) designed this medallion which graced many of the city's streetlights starting in 1928. The year 1869 commemorates the incorporation of the city of Seattle. Wehn also designed the 1912 Chief Si'ahl (Chief Seattle) statue at the corner of 5th Avenue and Denny Way.
ID Number:1957.1228.11
Date:Circa 1928
Plaster figure of "Umbrella Man," ca. 1909-1932
This caricature represents a famous local figure, Robert W. Patton, a Civil War pensioner who lived on Lake Union and was given the nickname "Umbrella Man" for the umbrella hat he invented and wore around town, ca. 1909-1932.
ID Number:1957.1229.3
Date:Circa 1909-1932
Skokomish basket featuring wolves and dogs, ca. 1900
This type of pliable basket was used for clothing or other soft items rather than food. The wolf figures have tails that hang down and the dog figures have upright tails. In this region, remains of domesticated dogs date as far back as 1,000 BCE.
ID Number:1957.1239.6
Date:Circa 1880-1920
Painting of the Seattle waterfront with Indigenous canoes by P.A. Morgan, ca. 1880
This is a finely executed painting of the Seattle waterfront in the late 1800s. The artist, P.A. Morgan was active in Seattle at this time but is relatively unknown.
ID Number:1957.1281.2
Date:Circa 1880
Oil painting of canoes at Ballast Island by John Fery, 1925-1935
Artist John Fery (1859-1934) was born in Austria and immigrated to the United States where he eventually settle in Seattle. During his career, Fery painted many scenes under contract for the Great Northern Railway. He based this waterfront scene on a historical photograph. Ballast Island, as the name implies, was where ships coming into the bay would dump their ballast.…
ID Number:1957.1282.7
Date:1925-1935