Vanderbilt, William K. (William Kissam), 1849-1920

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role

Collector

dates

1849-1920

city

New York City

state

NY

other cities

Oakdale, Long Island, NY; Newport, RI;

sex

M

historical notes

William Kissam Vanderbilt (1849-1920) was an art collector and son of William Henry Vanderbilt (1821-1885) and Maria Louisa Kissam (1821-1896). He was married to Alva Eskrine Smith Vanderbilt Belmont (1854-1933) and the brother of Cornelius Vanderbilt (1873-1942).

William Kissam had three houses designed by Richard Morris Hunt; his townhouse at 660 Fifth Avenue, NY, "Idle Hour" in Oakdale, Long Island, NY, and "Marble House" in Newport, RI.

His art collection included work by, among others, Rembrandt, Hans Holbein, Pieter de Hooch, Cuyp, Willem van de Velde the Younger, Boucher, Ludolf de Jongh, Jean Baptiste Greuze, Joshua Reynolds, Thomas Gainsborough and several works were left to The Metropolitan Museum of Art.

decades
of activity

1880-1890
1890-1900
1900-1910
1910-1920

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Archives/Repository	Collection Title	Collection Details
Vanderbilt Museum Reference & Archives collection	Vanderbilt Museum of Suffolk County (Centerport, N.Y.) Scrapbooks, logbooks and photo albums, ca. 1885-1952, ca. 1900-ca. 1940 (bulk)	see details...
Library of Congress Manuscript Division	Papers of Raoul Heilbronner, 1887-1914 (MSS25650)	see details...
Duke University Library Rare Book, Manuscript, and Special Collections Library	Matilda Young Papers, 1932-1933.	see details...
Vanderbilt Museum Reference & Archives collection	Vanderbilt Museum of Suffolk County (Centerport, N.Y.) Records, ca. 1920-ca. 1975.	see details...
Vanderbilt Museum Reference & Archives collection	Vanderbilt Museum of Suffolk County (Centerport, N.Y.) Architectural drawings, ca. 1920-ca. 1940.	see details...
Baltimore Museum of Art The E. Kirkbride Miller Art Research Library	George A. Lucas papers, 1825-2003 [bulk 1824-1909] MS.10	see details...