National Society of Colonial
Dames of America in Tennessee
Vanderbilt Collection - Kirkland Hall
Subject/Title:
Cornelius Vanderbilt II (1843 - 1899)
Artist:
James Carroll Beckwith
Date Created:
Unknown
Owner/Location:
Vanderbilt University
Frame Dimensions:
Image Dimensions:
49 1/4 x 39 1/4
Materials/Media:
oil
Condition:
Good
Description:
A very dark portrait of subject seated at a desk with open book.
History of Work:
Portrait was a gift from Mrs. Cornelius Vanderbilt II to the University replacing another which destroyed by the 1905 fire which had gutted Vanderbilt's University Hall. Copied from portrait by Frank Hall(?)