Yung Wing in an armchair
SubjectPortrait of
Yung Wing
(Chinese, 1828 - 1912)
PhotographerPhotographed by
Herbert Randall
(American, 1850 - 1926)
MediumPhotography; gelatin silver print on paper
ClassificationsGraphics
Credit LineConnecticut Museum of Culture and History collection
Object number2000.189.4
DescriptionPortrait of Yung Wing. He is seated in an armchair with his hands crossed and fingers folded. Wing wears a long, dark suit jacket with vertical buttons, and white shirt or collar. He looks directly at the camera.
Label TextThe 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.
NotesYung Wing attended high school in the United States and graduated from Yale University. He founded and ran the Chinese Educational Mission in Hartford, Connecticut.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.
Status
Not on view
Yung Wing
Richard S. DeLamater
