John Jacob Astor
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He made his first fortune in the fur trade in the Great Lakes region, shipping the furs, particularly beaver, to Europe. In 1811 he sent two expeditions to Oregon and founded the first American settlement on the Pacific coast, Astoria."}, {"label": "Exhibition Label", "content": "After the War of 1812 (1812\u00e2\u0080\u009315) and the British departure from the Northwest Territory, Astor\u00e2\u0080\u0099s American Fur Company established a trading post on Mackinac Island, in present-day Michigan, which became the center of the booming fur trade. Astor increased his fortune through trade with China and the accumulation of New York real estate, becoming the wealthiest man in the United States in the 1830s. \u00e2\u0080\u009cIt\u00e2\u0080\u0099s all a matter of habit,\u00e2\u0080\u009d he said, \u00e2\u0080\u009cand good habits in America make any man rich.\u00e2\u0080\u009d"}, {"label": "Exhibition Label", "content": "John Wesley Jarvis (1780\u00e2\u0080\u00931840)"}, {"label": "Exhibition Label", "content": "Nacido en Waldorf, Alemania"}, {"label": "Exhibition Label", "content": "John Jacob Astor lleg\u00c3\u00b3 a Estados Unidos como inmigrante pobre en 1783, pero pas\u00c3\u00b3 a ser uno de los empresarios m\u00c3\u00a1s exitosos del pa\u00c3\u00ads. Hizo su primera fortuna en la regi\u00c3\u00b3n de los Grandes Lagos exportando pieles, sobre todo de castor, a Europa. En 1811 envi\u00c3\u00b3 dos expediciones a Oreg\u00c3\u00b3n y fund\u00c3\u00b3 Astoria, primer asentamiento estadounidense en la costa del Pac\u00c3\u00adfico."}, {"label": "Exhibition Label", "content": "Tras la Guerra de 1812 (1812\u00e2\u0080\u009315) y la salida de los brit\u00c3\u00a1nicos del Territorio Noroeste, la American Fur Company de Astor estableci\u00c3\u00b3 un puesto comercial en la isla Mackinac, en el actual Michigan, que se convirti\u00c3\u00b3 en centro del creciente mercado de pieles. Astor aument\u00c3\u00b3 su fortuna mediante tratos con China y bienes ra\u00c3\u00adces en Nueva York, convirti\u00c3\u00a9ndose en el hombre m\u00c3\u00a1s rico del pa\u00c3\u00ads en la d\u00c3\u00a9cada de 1830. \u00e2\u0080\u009cTodo es cuesti\u00c3\u00b3n de h\u00c3\u00a1bito\u00e2\u0080\u009d, dijo, \u00e2\u0080\u009cy en Am\u00c3\u00a9rica los buenos h\u00c3\u00a1bitos hacen rico a cualquiera\u00e2\u0080\u009d."}, {"label": "Provenance", "content": "Susan Mary Alsop, Washington, D.C.; gift 1978 to NPG"}], "creditLine": [{"label": "Credit Line", "content": "National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution; gift of Susan Mary Alsop"}], "name": [{"label": "Artist", "content": "John Wesley Jarvis, 1780 - 14 Jan 1840"}, {"label": "Sitter", "content": "John Jacob Astor, 17 Jul 1763 - 29 Mar 1848"}], "topic": [{"label": "Topic", "content": "Interior"}, {"label": "Topic", "content": "Home Furnishings\\Furniture\\Seating\\Settee"}, {"label": "Topic", "content": "John Jacob Astor: Male"}, {"label": "Topic", "content": "John Jacob Astor: Natural Resource Occupations\\Explorer"}, {"label": "Topic", "content": "John Jacob Astor: Business and Finance\\Financier"}, {"label": "Topic", "content": "John Jacob Astor: Business and Finance\\Businessperson\\Merchant\\Trader\\Fur trader"}, {"label": "Topic", "content": "Portrait"}], "physicalDescription": [{"label": "Medium", "content": "Oil on canvas"}, {"label": "Dimensions", "content": "Other: 76.2 x 61.6cm (30 x 24 1/4\")"}, {"label": "Dimensions", "content": "Frame: 94.6 x 81.9 x 10.2cm (37 1/4 x 32 1/4 x 4\")"}], "dataSource": [{"label": "Data Source", "content": "National Portrait Gallery"}], "objectRights": [{"label": "Restrictions & Rights", "content": "CC0"}], "objectType": [{"label": "Type", "content": "Painting"}]}}, "url": "edanmdm:npg_NPG.78.204", "hash": "c8b28b1a054e9942e91fb04c0cfe2d408b172b9c", "docSignature": "d3f32cabecb2eb2c8837e9340e56b27a", "timestamp": 1665046589, "lastTimeUpdated": 1665046523, "title": "John Jacob Astor"}