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Daniel Huntington (1816-1906) Portrait of Cornelius Vanderbilt (1843-1899) seated by a window with a view of crashing waves and is holding a Metropolitan Museum of Art Annual Report Trustees of the Association 1898. oil on canvas painted in 1900 signed and dated, bottom right: "D. Huntington/1900" Plaque: Cornelius Vanderbilt, Member of the Chamber of Commerce 1876-1899, Presented by Mrs. Vanderbilt, painted by D. Huntington 50" x 40" frame circa 1860's style, possibly a circa 1890's frame made by T.A. Wilmurt's Sons of New York. frame wd. 7 in. Vanderbilt was a railroad and shipping Businessman and was one of the richest men Americans in history. Provenance: The Chamber of Commerce of the State of New York Donaldson, Lufkin & Jenrette, New York Property from Credit Suisse's Americana Collection Literature: [Chamber of Commerce of the State of New York], Catalogue of Portraits in the Chamber of Commerce of the State of New York (New York, 1924) p. 19, no. 39.