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.
Cornelia Stuyvesant Vanderbilt, later The Hon. Mrs. John Francis Amherst Cecil, later Bulkely-Johnson, later Goodsir, was an American born heiress and member of the Vanderbilt family who inherited the
George Washington Vanderbilt II
…Edith Stuyvesant Dresser (January 17, 1873 – December 21, 1958) at the American Cathedral in Paris, France. George and Edith had one daughter together, Cornelia Stuyvesant Vanderbilt (August 22, 1900 – February 7, 1976). In 1912, George and Edith booked passage on the doomed Titanic, but they changed their plans at the last minute…
Cornelia Vanderbilt in 1924.
Vanderbilt-Cecil wedding in Biltmore, April 1924.