Cornelius Vanderbilt
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He began in the rough-and-tumble world of the New York City port, soon earning the nickname \u00e2\u0080\u009cthe Commodore.\u00e2\u0080\u009d By 1829, he had parlayed several small shipping ventures into a stake in the lucrative Hudson River trade, then branched out to dominate the New England steamship service and seaborne travel to San Francisco. Vanderbilt next moved into railroads, gaining control of the industry from New York to western Canada."}, {"label": "Exhibition Label", "content": "A ruthless monopolist, Vanderbilt drove out his competitors through rate wars, political muscle, and hostile takeovers. He disdained philanthropy and made only one major gift, donating one million dollars to found Vanderbilt University in Nashville, Tennessee. Obsessively frugal, Vanderbilt died the country\u00e2\u0080\u0099s richest man, but within fifty years, his grandchildren\u00e2\u0080\u0099s Gilded Age extravagance had squandered the family fortune."}, {"label": "Exhibition Label", "content": "Nacido en Staten Island, Nueva York"}, {"label": "Exhibition Label", "content": "Al organizar el fragmentado sistema de transporte de Estados Unidos, Cornelius Vanderbilt facilit\u00c3\u00b3 la expansi\u00c3\u00b3n continental y cre\u00c3\u00b3 la infraestructura necesaria para una econom\u00c3\u00ada creciente. Se inici\u00c3\u00b3 en el duro ambiente del puerto neoyorquino y pronto se gan\u00c3\u00b3 el apodo de \u00e2\u0080\u009cel Comodoro\u00e2\u0080\u009d. Para 1829 hab\u00c3\u00ada entrado al lucrativo comercio del r\u00c3\u00ado Hudson aprovechando varias peque\u00c3\u00b1as empresas navieras. Domin\u00c3\u00b3 el servicio de vapores en Nueva Inglaterra y el transporte mar\u00c3\u00adtimo de pasajeros a San Francisco. Tambi\u00c3\u00a9n control\u00c3\u00b3 el sector de los ferrocarriles desde Nueva York hasta el oeste de Canad\u00c3\u00a1."}, {"label": "Exhibition Label", "content": "Monopolista implacable, Vanderbilt eliminaba a sus competidores con guerras de precios, influencias pol\u00c3\u00adticas y adquisiciones hostiles. Desde\u00c3\u00b1aba la filantrop\u00c3\u00ada y solo hizo una donaci\u00c3\u00b3n importante: un mill\u00c3\u00b3n de d\u00c3\u00b3lares para fundar la Universidad Vanderbilt en Nashville, Tennessee. Frugal en extremo, a su muerte era el hombre m\u00c3\u00a1s rico del pa\u00c3\u00ads, pero en unos 50 a\u00c3\u00b1os sus nietos malgastar\u00c3\u00adan la fortuna familiar con una vida de derroche durante la Edad Dorada."}, {"label": "Provenance", "content": "Randolph L. Simpson, New York, 1972. (Christie\u00e2\u0080\u0099s, New York, December 8, 1978, lot no. 5); purchased 1978 NPG."}], "creditLine": [{"label": "Credit Line", "content": "National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution"}], "name": [{"label": "Artist", "content": "Nathaniel Jocelyn, 1796 - 1881"}, {"label": "Sitter", "content": "Cornelius Vanderbilt, 27 May 1794 - 4 Jan 1877"}], "topic": [{"label": "Topic", "content": "Home Furnishings\\Furniture\\Seating\\Chair"}, {"label": "Topic", "content": "Home Furnishings\\Drape"}, {"label": "Topic", "content": "Cornelius Vanderbilt: Male"}, {"label": "Topic", "content": "Cornelius Vanderbilt: Business and Finance\\Financier"}, {"label": "Topic", "content": "Cornelius Vanderbilt: Business and Finance\\Businessperson\\Business executive\\Railroad"}, {"label": "Topic", "content": "Cornelius Vanderbilt: Business and Finance\\Businessperson\\Shipping"}, {"label": "Topic", "content": "Cornelius Vanderbilt: Business and Finance\\Transportation\\Steamboat captain"}, {"label": "Topic", "content": "Cornelius Vanderbilt: Education and Scholarship\\Founder\\University"}, {"label": "Topic", "content": "Cornelius Vanderbilt: Congressional Gold Medal"}, {"label": "Topic", "content": "Portrait"}], "physicalDescription": [{"label": "Medium", "content": "Oil on canvas"}, {"label": "Dimensions", "content": "Stretcher: 76.2 x 64.8 x 2.5cm (30 x 25 1/2 x 1\")"}, {"label": "Dimensions", "content": "Frame: 105.4 x 92.7 x 11.4cm (41 1/2 x 36 1/2 x 4 1/2\")"}], "dataSource": [{"label": "Data Source", "content": "National Portrait Gallery"}], "objectRights": [{"label": "Restrictions & Rights", "content": "CC0"}], "objectType": [{"label": "Type", "content": "Painting"}]}}, "url": "edanmdm:npg_NPG.78.281", "hash": "d94818f5ca6f1dec3919a393f1f31d998814e9bf", "docSignature": "46558b9834fbb020d74958f03113dac8", "timestamp": 1664528155, "lastTimeUpdated": 1664528071, "title": "Cornelius Vanderbilt"}