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Alice Claypoole Vanderbilt (née Gwynne; November 11, 1845 – April 24, 1934) was the wife of Cornelius Vanderbilt II and reigned as the matriarch of the Vanderbilt family for over 60 years. [1]
May 25, 2023 · When Alice Claypoole Vanderbilt (1845–1934) appeared in the Electric Light Dress, commissioned from the House of Worth for her family’s legendary 1883 fancy-dress ball, she not only displayed her wealth but also signaled her modernity.
Photo, Print, Drawing [House ("The Breakers") for Cornelius Vanderbilt, II, and Alice Claypoole Gwynne Vanderbilt, Newport, Rhode Island. Plan of ground floor] / R.M. Hunt, Arch't.
House "The Breakers" for Cornelius Vanderbilt, II, and Alice Claypoole Gwynne Vanderbilt, Newport, Rhode Island. Wall with bookshelf and fireplace. Elevation. [Between 1893 and 1895] Photograph. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/2021790088/>. 1 drawing : graphite and colored pencil on tracing paper ; sheet 23 x 19 cm.
Cornelius Vanderbilt was an art collector, businessman, and son of William Henry Vanderbilt (1821-1885) and Alice Claypoole Gwynne Vanderbilt (1845-1934). He was a met trustee (1880-) and Chairman of the Board Executive Committee (1893).
Jul 17, 2024 · After Cornelius Vanderbilt II died in 1899 at age 55, he left The Breakers to his wife, Alice Gwynne Vanderbilt. After she herself passed, her youngest daughter, Countess Gladys Szechenyi, inherited the Newport summer ‘cottage.’
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Sep 29, 2021 · The themes ranged from allegorical and historical to technological, with Alice Claypoole Gwynne Vanderbilt famously wearing a House of Worth dress representing electric light. Outfitted with a battery-powered torch, it was the height of contemporaneity, as Thomas Edison’s lightbulb invention was then available in only a few private homes.
