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Connecticut Historical Society collections, 2000.189.5, the Connecticut Historical Society
Tun Yen Liang
Connecticut Historical Society collections, 2000.189.5, the Connecticut Historical Society

Tun Yen Liang

Maker Richard S. DeLamater American, 1833 - 1915
SubjectPortrait of Liang Tun Yen 1858 - 1924
Date1878
MediumPhotography; albumen print on paper
ClassificationsGraphics
Credit LineConnecticut Museum of Culture and History collection
DescriptionPhotograph of a young Chinese boy, Tun Yen Liang. He is seated in a chair, and wears a Chinese jacket with front closures, fur-trimmed collar and sleeve linings. He wears a silk skirt or drape below his jacket, along with a hat. He appears to hold a book or stack of papers in his right hand, which rests on the draped table next to him.
Object number2000.189.5
InscribedHandwritten in pencil on verso: "H.P.H.S. class of 1878".

"One of the Chinese / boys who came to / U-S-A to attend / the H.P.H.S.- / classmate & friend / of Clarence Wickham".
Subject Terms
    CTDA Handle http://hdl.handle.net/11134/40002:12158
    On View
    Not on view
    2000.189.3, the Connecticut Historical Society
    Tun Yen Liang
    Tun Yen Liang
    November 27, 1910
    Gift of Mrs. Carolyn Ellis, 1984.132.1, the Connecticut Historical Society
    Tun Yen Liang and Family
    Tun Yen Liang
    1913
    Gift of Mrs. Carolyn Ellis, 1984.132.2, the Connecticut Historical Society
    Tun Yen Liang
    Tun Yen Liang
    1913
    Gift of Roger P. Welles, 1974.51.3, the Connecticut Historical Society
    Che Chiang Liang and Jeanne Liang
    Che Chiang Liang
    1917-1920
    Gift of Roger P. Welles, 1974.51.2, the Connecticut Historical Society
    Che Chiang Liang
    Che Chiang Liang
    about 1915
    Gift of Roger P. Welles, 1974.51.1, the Connecticut Historical Society
    Che Chiang Liang
    Che Chiang Liang
    1911
    Gift of Mrs. Carolyn Ellis, 1973.17.0.10, the Connecticut Historical Society
    Che Liang and his Wife Jeanne
    Mei Lee
    1938
    Gift of Roger P. Welles, 1974.51.4, the Connecticut Historical Society
    Che Chiang Liang's Son
    Unknown
    1918-1925
    The Newman S. Hungerford Museum Fund, 1994.40.4.24, the Connecticut Historical Society
    Seated man in Chinese clothing
    E.P. Kellogg & W. K.. Kellogg
    after 1885
    1971.49.0.8 © 2001 The Connecticut Historical Society.
    Michael J. Wise, Hartford
    Richard S. DeLamater
    1890
    Uncle Tom and Little Eva.
    Uncle Tom and Little Eva.
    E.C. Kellogg & Co.
    1852-1853
    Gift of John Gambell, 2005.181.1 © 2010 The Connecticut Historical Society.
    Welles Family
    Richard S. DeLamater
    1883
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