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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Title | The Living Chinese Family |
| Date | 1850 |
| Record ID | 509856 |
| Collection Name | Lithographs |
| Reference | Lithf CurrN Livi |
| Theme | Family and Relationships Nationality and Place Race, Ethnicity and Racism |
| Library of Congress Subject | Barnum's American Museum Chinese Musicians Human curiosities Hand-colored |
| Genre | Pictorial Works |
| Publisher | Currier, N |
| Places | New York |
| Document Type | Lithograph |
| Book Type | Lithographs--Hand-colored Group portraits |
| Additional Notes | Lith & Pub By N Currier 152 Nassau St Cor of Spruce NY |
| American Antiquarian Society Copy Notes | Subject: Group portrait of the Chinese musical group who performed in Boston and New York in 1850. Pwan Ye Koo is seen at left, sitting on a long sofa, holding a stringed instrument on her lap. To the right is her maid servant, Lum Akum. Two children, Miss Amoon and Master Mun Chung are seen beside Lum Akum and beside their father, Mr. Soo Chune, who holds a long stringed instrument with a bow on his lap. Standing behind the sofa is Mr. Aleet Mong, the group's interpreter. Notes: At foot: 108. "Entered according to act of Congress in the year 1850, by N. Currier, in the clerk's office of the District Court of the Southern District of N.Y." References: Currier & Ives: a catalogue raisonne?, 4052 |
| Library/Archive | American Antiquarian Society |
| Copyright and Source Archive | Content compilation (c) 2020, by the American Antiquarian Society. All rights reserved. |
| Catalog Record Note | Catalog Records (c) 2020, by the American Antiquarian Society. All rights reserved. |