Art--Biography--Collectors and collecting--United States
"The Art of Wealth: The Huntingtons in the Gilded Age focuses on four remarkable individuals: Collis Huntington, who started out as a peddler and went on to found a railroad empire; his second wife, Arabella, a woman of great intelligence and taste; her son, Archer, who devoted his life to creating and supporting museums; and Collis's nephew, Henry E. Huntington, who built up an extraordinary foundation, the Huntington Library, Art Collections, and Botanical Gardens, and gave it to the public as an enduring legacy."--Jacket.
Prologue : Collis P. Huntington : "From whom the fortunes of all of us came" -- Collis P. Huntington 1862 to 1884 -- Collis P. Huntington and Arabella D. Huntington 1884 to 1900 -- Arabella, Archer, and Henry Huntington 1900 to 1913 -- Henry, Arabella, and Archer Huntington 1914 to 1924 -- Henry E. Huntington 1924 to 1927 and his legacy.