George Washington Vanderbilt II was an American art collector and member of the prominent Vanderbilt family, which amassed a huge fortune through steamboats, railroads, and various business enterprise
George Vanderbilt II
George Washington Vanderbilt, John Singer Sargent, 1890.
The Biltmore Estate in 2006.
William Henry Vanderbilt
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William Henry Vanderbilt was an American businessman and railroad magnate. Known as "Billy", he was the eldest son of Commodore Cornelius Vanderbilt, an heir to his fortune and a prominent member of t
George Washington Vanderbilt II
…a 250-room mansion, the largest privately owned home in the United States, which he named Biltmore Estate. George W. Vanderbilt II was the youngest of William Henry Vanderbilt's and Maria Louisa Kissam's (1821–1896) nine children. Though there is no evidence to suggest that he referred to himself using a numerical suffix…
Vanderbilt in 1882
William Henry Vanderbilt's mansion on Fifth Avenue.
1879 cartoon depicting Vanderbilt as "The Modern Colossus of (Rail) Roads".
Share of the New York and Harlem Rail Road Company, issued 31 October 1873, signed by William Henry Vanderbilt as president.