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Madame Wellington Koo (née Hui-lan Oei) with Yu-chang Koo
4 of 4 portraits by Oscar Hardee (Oscar Hardee Blyfield)
© National Portrait Gallery, London
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Madame Wellington Koo (née Hui-lan Oei) with Yu-chang Koo
by Oscar Hardee (Oscar Hardee Blyfield), for H. Walter Barnett
vintage bromide print, 1922
6 1/2 in. x 4 7/8 in. (166 mm x 125 mm)
Purchased, 1994
Photographs Collection
NPG x45435
Sittersback to top
- Madame Wellington Koo (née Hui-lan Oei) (1889-1992), Former wife of Beauchamp Caulfield-Stoker, and later wife of Vi Kyuin Wellington Koo; daughter of Oei Tiong Ham (Oei Tyong Han). Sitter in 7 portraits.
- Yu-chang Koo (1922-1975), Son of Madame Wellington Koo (née Hui-lan Oei) and Vi Kyuin Wellington Koo. Sitter in 1 portrait.
Artistsback to top
- Henry Walter ('H. Walter') Barnett (1862-1934), Photographer. Artist or producer associated with 576 portraits, Sitter in 2 portraits.
- Oscar Hardee (Oscar Hardee Blyfield) (1876-1937), Photographer. Artist or producer associated with 4 portraits, Sitter in 1 portrait.
Linked displays and exhibitionsback to top
- H Walter Barnett: Women of Note (15 November 2010 - 8 May 2011)
Events of 1922back to top
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1922 is a key year for modernist literature with the publication of James Joyce's novel, Ulysses and T.S. Eliot's poem, The Waste Land. Both broke new ground with Ulysses (loosely based on Homer's Odyssey) introducing the 'stream of consciousness' narrative technique, and The Waste Land experimenting with multiple voices and a patchwork of literary, historic, mythological and personal allusions.International
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great-british
26 August 2015, 17:12
The baby pictured is their first son Yu-chang Koo (1922–1975), so the portrait can be dated to 1922.