page_title: Alice Claypoole Vanderbilt
hierarchical_section_title: Alice Claypoole Vanderbilt
caption_attribution_description: English: Mrs. Cornelius Vanderbilt aka Alice Claypoole Gwynne as 'Electric Light'. Gown created by Charles Frederick Worth.
context_page_description: Alice Claypoole Gwynne Vanderbilt was the wife of Cornelius Vanderbilt II and reigned as the matriarch of the Vanderbilt family for over 60 years.
context_section_description: Alice Claypoole Gwynne Vanderbilt (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.
caption: Gwynne as "The Electric Light" at a costume ball on March 26, 1883
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