EH Harriman mb-artistname Rokpool The walled garden was leased

The walled garden was leased as a zoo

Original is oil on canvas 56x23

Ancient Mosaic

which revolutionised the 19th century conception of the genre

Little Syon was formerly called Cromwell House

EH Harriman mb-artistname Rokpool The walled garden was leasedEH Harriman, American railway executive, 1901. Edward Henry Harriman (1848 1909) became President of the Southern Pacific Railroad in 1901. By the time of his death he controlled the Union Pacific, Southern Pacific, Saint Joseph and Grand Island, Illinois Central, Central of Georgia railway companies, the Pacific Mail Steamship Company, and the Wells Fargo Express Company, with wealth estimated at between $200 million and $600 million.