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National Society of Colonial
Dames of
America in Tennessee
Vanderbilt Collection - Kirkland Hall | ||
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| Subject/Title: | William Kissam Vanderbilt 1849 - 1920 |
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| Artist: | F. W. Wright after the original by Richard Hall | |
| Date Created: | Between 1911 and 1921 | |
| Owner/Location: | Vanderbilt University | |
| Frame Dimensions: | ||
| Image Dimensions: | 39" x 31" | |
| Materials/Media: | oil on canvas | |
| Condition: | Excellent | |
| Description: | Three quarter portrait of Willaim Kissam Vanderbilt dressed in dark suit and vest with a white shirt and dark tie. Background is dark. |
| History of Work: | Portrait was presented to the University in 1921 by William Kissam Vanderbit's two sons, William Kissam Vanderbilt, Jr. and Harold Stirling Vanderbilt. |
| Notes: | William Kissam Vanderbilt was the fourth of nine children born to William Henry and Maria Louisa Kissam Vanderbilt. An executive in the family's railroad interests, he was a generous supporter of Vanderbilt University which had been founded by his grandfather, Cornelius Vanderbilt. |