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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".
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CTDA Handle: Watch/Listen on the Connecticut Digital Archive
http://hdl.handle.net/11134/40002:12158
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