Tun Yen Liang
SubjectPortrait of
Tun Yen Liang
(1858 - 1924)
DateNovember 27, 1910
MediumPhotography; gelatin silver print on paper
ClassificationsGraphics
Credit LineConnecticut Museum of Culture and History collection
Object number2000.189.3
DescriptionPortrait of Tun Yen Liang. He is seated in a wooden chair, and wears a Chinese jacket with front closures, fur-trimmed collar and sleeve linings, and a pin with a "sunburst" pattern. He wears a silk skirt or drape below his jacket, and wears a hat. He is looking directly at the camera.
Label TextTun Yen Liang studied in Connecticut as part of the Chinese Educational Mission. He had been in school with Martin Welles, both in Hartford High School and at Yale University. Tun Yen was Chinese diplomat, serving as Minister of the United States in 1907, and both Vice-President and President of the Foreign Office in Peking. Liang was also an advocate for Chinese education in American institutions.
The Chinese Educational Mission (1872-1881) in Hartford, Connecticut, was the fulfillment of a dream of Yung Wing. He wanted Chinese youth to study American technology to improve China’s engineering and infrastructure. Yung Wing came to the United States in 1847 to study at Monson Academy in Massachusetts, and at Yale in New Haven, Connecticut. It was upon his return to China that he began planning to Chinese students to America.
A group of thirty students ranging in age from ten to fourteen arrived in Hartford in 1872. They lived with host families, attended local schools, and in the summer studied Chinese classics at the Mission’s headquarters at 352 Collins Street, Hartford. In 1881 the Chinese government recalled the students because they thought they were becoming too Americanized.
NotesTun Yen Liang, a student with the Chinese Educational Mission, who went on to become a Chinese diplomat. He and Martin Welles developed a life-long friendship.The Chinese Educational Mission (1872-1881) in Hartford, Connecticut, was the fulfillment of a dream of Yung Wing. He wanted Chinese youth to study American technology to improve China’s engineering and infrastructure. Yung Wing came to the United States in 1847 to study at Monson Academy in Massachusetts, and at Yale in New Haven, Connecticut. It was upon his return to China that he began planning to Chinese students to America.
A group of thirty students ranging in age from ten to fourteen arrived in Hartford in 1872. They lived with host families, attended local schools, and in the summer studied Chinese classics at the Mission’s headquarters at 352 Collins Street, Hartford. In 1881 the Chinese government recalled the students because they thought they were becoming too Americanized.
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