Oil painting of an Indigenous camp on Lake Union by Emily Inez Denny, 1886

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Oil painting of an Indigenous camp on Lake Union by Emily Inez Denny, 1886

The daughter of one of Seattle’s founding families, Emily Inez Denny (1853 – 1918) was both a painter and writer. Greatly influenced by seeing the drawings of Sarah Willoughby as a student at the Washington Territorial University, she took on painting as a life-long pursuit. In her 1909 book, “Blazing the Way,” Denny writes of an imagined scene from 1851: “The shores of Lake Union, now surrounded by electric and steam railways, sawmills and manufactories, dwellings and public buildings, were clothed with a magnificent, dense, primeval forest, when the adventurous pioneers first looked upon its mirror-like surface.”

ID Number: 1959.1791.2

Date: 1886

Creator(s): Denny, Emily Inez, Artist

Physical Description: 1 Painting; oil, canvas; 20 in.H x 28 in.W

Place Made: United States of America, WASHINGTON, Seattle

Credit: MOHAI, 1959.1791.2

Subjects: Washington Territory, Indigenous Peoples, Visual Arts, Home and Family, Lake Union