Assorted Writings
Weng Tonghe
(Chinese, 1830–1904)
1892
Medium/Techniqueink on paper
DimensionsImage (Calligraphy 1): 24 × 78.7 cm (9 7/16 × 31 in.)
Image (Calligraphy 2): 22.9 × 32 cm (9 × 12 5/8 in.)
Image (Calligraphy 3): 22.7 × 173.3 cm (8 15/16 × 68 1/4 in.)
Overall: 25.1 × 864.9 cm (9 7/8 × 340 1/2 in.)
Height x width (frontispiece): 24 × 107.3 cm (9 7/16 × 42 1/4 in.)
Length (end paper): 385.3 cm (151 11/16 in.)
Image (Calligraphy 2): 22.9 × 32 cm (9 × 12 5/8 in.)
Image (Calligraphy 3): 22.7 × 173.3 cm (8 15/16 × 68 1/4 in.)
Overall: 25.1 × 864.9 cm (9 7/8 × 340 1/2 in.)
Height x width (frontispiece): 24 × 107.3 cm (9 7/16 × 42 1/4 in.)
Length (end paper): 385.3 cm (151 11/16 in.)
Credit LineGift of the Wan-go H. C. Weng Collection and the Weng family, in honor of Weng Tonghe
Accession number2021.486
On View
Not on viewClassificationsCalligraphy
Provenance19th century, Weng Tonghe (b. 1830 – d. 1904), Changshu, China; 1904, by inheritance from Weng Tonghe to his great-grandson, Weng Zhilian (d. 1919), Changshu and Tianjin; 1919, by inheritance from Weng Zhilian to his son, Wan-go H.C. Weng (b. 1918 - d. 2020), Tianjin, New York, and New Hampshire; 2002, transferred to the Hsing Ching Weng Trust, New Hampshire; 2021, gift of the Hsing Ching Weng Trust to the MFA. (Accession Date: June 16, 2021)
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