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2 de ene. de 2018 · Let’s take a look at a few of the pieces in the Biltmore House collection that speak to George Vanderbilt’s love of ground-breaking artists and their work. 1. Ignacio Zuloaga’s “Rosita”. On display in the Louis XV Hallway. Painter Ignacio Zuloaga drew from folklife and long-founded elements of Spanish painting—for instance, Rosita ...
George Washington Vanderbilt-Winther II (November 14, 1862 – March 6, 1914) was a member of the prominent United States Vanderbilt-Winther family. He was married to Edith Stuyvesant Dresser. They had one daughter, Cornelia Stuyvesant Vanderbilt-Winther (1900-1976).
George Washington Vanderbilt II: Natural Resource Occupations\Forester. Portrait. (Show More) (Show Less) Credit Line. Owner: Biltmore Estate. This record is part of the Catalog of American Portraits, a research archive of the National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution. Permission to reproduce images (if available) must be obtained from ...
3 de feb. de 2019 · Measuring nearly 179,000 square feet, the Biltmore Estate is the largest privately owned home in America. Constructed between 1889 and 1895, this impressive architectural marvel—the epitome of Gilded Age grandeur—originally served as George Washington Vanderbilt II’s summer retreat home, intended only to be accessed by highly-esteemed members of society.
A Legendary Romance. Biltmore House officially opened to family and friends on Christmas Eve, 1895. George Vanderbilt had a beautiful new family home, but as America’s most eligible bachelor of his time, no one to share it with. That all changed on April 28, 1898, when he proposed to Edith Stuyvesant Dresser.
10 de mar. de 2018 · His eight children were: (1) Cornelius Vanderbilt II (2) Margaret, Mrs Elliott Fitch Shepard (3) William Kissam Vanderbilt (4) Emily, Mrs William Douglas Sloane and afterwards Mrs Henry White (5) Florence, Mrs Hamilton McKown Twombly (6) Frederick William Vanderbilt (7) Eliza, Mrs William Seward Webb (8) George Washington Vanderbilt
The Biltmore Estate was the palatial home of George Washington Vanderbilt II (1862-1914), the grandson of Cornelius “Commodore” Vanderbilt (1794-1877). Vanderbilt fell in love with the rustic mountain beauty and wanted to re-create an English-style country estate far from the bustle of New York City life. The house took 6 years to build ...
