Woo Kee Tsao, Yang Chan Ling, Yung Wing, and Woo Yang Tsang
SubjectPortrait of
Yung Wing
(Chinese, 1828 - 1912)
SubjectPortrait of
Woo Yang Tsang
(Chinese, 1862 - 1939)
SubjectPortrait of
Woo Kee Tsao
(Chinese, 1864 - 1932)
SubjectPortrait of
Yang Chan Ling
(Chinese, born 1863)
MediumPhotography; albumen print on paper
ClassificationsGraphics
Credit LineConnecticut Museum of Culture and History collection
Object number2000.189.8
DescriptionGroup portrait of Chinese men: Woo Kee Tsao, Yang Chan Ling, Yung Wing, and Woo Yang Tsang. The men are dressed in traditional Chinese clothing, and are seated together in front of a trellis flanked by plants and rock formations.
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.
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
Yung Wing
Ting Ju Ling
Richard S. DeLamater
