Portrait of Princess Angeline
Maker: Unsigned, American
Materials: Oil linenboard
Age: c. 1885
Description: Oil on linen board portrait of the Seattle, Washington, Princess Angeline. She stands in front of the Indian Camp, likely Port Madison Reservation, in Washington wearing her typical red kerchief and holding her cane. Painted on linen wrapped board as manufactured and artist colourman stamped 'Russell's Canvas Board, Pat'd. March 18th 1879.'Likely the earliest known full portrait of this woman and in her native surroundings.
Provenance: Florida estate
Size: 16 x 11"
Weight: 2.4 pounds
Condition: Excellent. Under UV light three areas, 2 pin head size and one 1/8" diameter in sky.
History: Princess Angeline (circa 1820 - May 31, 1896, U.S. Census of 1880 lists Angeline Seattle as 70 years old at the time so her birth date is more likely 1810)also known in Lushootseed as Kikisoblu, Kick-is-om-lo, or Wewick, was the eldest daughter of Chief Seattle.BiographyShe was born around 1820 to Chief Seattle in what is now Rainier Beach in Seattle, Washington. She was named Angeline by Catherine Broshears Maynard, the second wife of Doc Maynard. The 1855 Treaty of Point Elliott required that all Duwamish Indians leave their land for reservations, but Angeline remained in Seattle in a waterfront cabin on Western Avenue between Pike and Pine Streets, near what is now Pike Place Market. She did laundry and sold handwoven baskets through the Ye Olde Curiosity Shop. She died on May 31, 1896 and was buried in Lake View Cemetery on Capitol Hill.The Chronicle of Holy Names Academy reported:May 29, 1896. With the death of Angeline Seattle died the last of the direct descendants of the great Chief Seattle for whom this city was named. Angeline—Princess Angeline—as she was generally called, was famous all over the world… Angeline was a familiar figure of the streets, bent and wrinkled, a red handkerchief over her head, a shawl about her, walking slowly and painfully with the aid of a cane; it was no infrequent sight to see this poor old Indian woman seated on the sidewalk devoutly reciting her beads. The kindness and generosity of Seattle’s people toward the daughter of the chief… was shown in her funeral obsequies which took place from the Church of Our Lady of Good Help. The church was magnificently decorated; on the somber draped catafalque in a casket in the form of a canoe rested all that was mortal of Princess Angeline.LegacyS. Angeline Street on Seattle's Beacon Hill and in Columbia City and Seward Park was named after Princess Angeline. Also Angeline and S. Angeline in her Tribal home land of Suquamish (Kitsap County).Linealogy: Taken from “Chief Seattle’s Wives and Children,” compiled by Tom Speer, Duwamish Tribal Services Board of Directors Si’ahl, otherwise known as Chief Sealth or Seattle, was a paramount chief of the Duwamish and Suquamish. He had two wives and sired seven children, notably Princess Angeline (Kikisoblu in Lushootseed) and Jim Seattle.His first wife, a Duwamish woman by blood, was called Ladaila, a French-Canadian slang for “Girly,” an affectionate nickname. Her Lushootseed name is unknown. Lalaida gave birth to two daughters, Princess Angeline (Kikisoblu) and Mary.First Daughter: Kikisoblu, Princess AngelineFirst Husband: Dokub Cud (Skagit and Cowchan)Second Husband: Talisha (Duwamish Chief)Lizzie, Also called BetsyHusband: Joe FosterChild: Joe Foster, Jr. (Raised by Kikisoblu)