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Wang-y-tong, the Glossary

Wang-y-tong (also known as Wang-o-Tang, Whang Atong, Whang at Tong, Whang-at-Ting, Quang-at-Tong, Warnoton, Hwang-a-tung, or Huang Ya Dong) (c. 1753, fl. 1770s–1784) was a Chinese youth who visited England in the late 18th century.^[1]

33 relations: Acupuncture, Andrew Duncan (physician, born 1744), Asian conical hat, British Museum, Chinoiserie, Classic of Poetry, David Garrick, East India Company, England, Georg Christoph Lichtenberg, George Dance the Younger, Giovanna Baccelli, Guangzhou, Huang (surname), Johan Zoffany, John Bradby Blake, John Hamilton Mortimer, John Sackville, 3rd Duke of Dorset, Joshua Reynolds, Josiah Wedgwood, Knole, Michael Shen Fu-Tsung, Omai, Page (servant), Royal Academy of Arts, Royal College of Surgeons of England, Royal Society, Samuel Johnson, Sevenoaks School, Supercargo, Surname, Tan-Che-Qua, William Jones (philologist).
18th-century Chinese businesspeople
18th-century Chinese translators
Chinese merchants

Acupuncture

Acupuncture is a form of alternative medicine and a component of traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) in which thin needles are inserted into the body.

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Andrew Duncan (physician, born 1744)

Andrew Duncan, the elder (17 October 1744 – 5 July 1828) FRSE FRCPE FSA (Scot) was a British physician and professor at the University of Edinburgh.

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Asian conical hat

The Asian conical hat is a simple style of conically shaped sun hat notable in modern-day nations and regions of China, Taiwan, parts of Outer Manchuria, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Cambodia, India, Indonesia, Japan, Korea, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Philippines, Nepal, Thailand, and Vietnam.

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British Museum

The British Museum is a public museum dedicated to human history, art and culture located in the Bloomsbury area of London.

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Chinoiserie

(loanword from French chinoiserie, from chinois, "Chinese") is the European interpretation and imitation of Chinese and other Sinosphere artistic traditions, especially in the decorative arts, garden design, architecture, literature, theatre, and music.

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Classic of Poetry

The Classic of Poetry, also Shijing or Shih-ching, translated variously as the Book of Songs, Book of Odes, or simply known as the Odes or Poetry (詩; Shī), is the oldest existing collection of Chinese poetry, comprising 305 works dating from the 11th to 7th centuries BC.

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David Garrick

David Garrick (19 February 1717 – 20 January 1779) was an English actor, playwright, theatre manager and producer who influenced nearly all aspects of European theatrical practice throughout the 18th century, and was a pupil and friend of Samuel Johnson.

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East India Company

The East India Company (EIC) was an English, and later British, joint-stock company founded in 1600 and dissolved in 1874.

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England

England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom.

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Georg Christoph Lichtenberg

Georg Christoph Lichtenberg (1 July 1742 – 24 February 1799) was a German physicist, satirist, and Anglophile.

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George Dance the Younger

George Dance the Younger RA (1 April 1741 – 14 January 1825) was an English architect and surveyor as well as a portraitist.

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Giovanna Baccelli

Giovanna Baccelli, real name Giovanna Francesca Antonia Giuseppa Zanerini, (1753–1801) was a Venetian ballerina who was the principal ballerina at the King's Theatre, Haymarket.

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Guangzhou

Guangzhou, previously romanized as Canton or Kwangchow, is the capital and largest city of Guangdong province in southern China.

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Huang (surname)

Huang is a Chinese surname.

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Johan Zoffany

Johan / Johann Joseph Zoffany (born Johannes Josephus Zaufallij; 13 March 1733 – 11 November 1810) was a German neoclassical painter who was active mainly in England, Italy, and India.

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John Bradby Blake

John Bradby Blake (4 November 1745 – 16 November 1773) was an English botanist.

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John Hamilton Mortimer

John Hamilton Mortimer (17 September 1740 – 4 February 1779) was a British figure and landscape painter and printmaker, known for romantic paintings set in Italy, works depicting conversations, and works drawn in the 1770s portraying war scenes, similar to those of Salvator Rosa.

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John Sackville, 3rd Duke of Dorset

John Frederick Sackville, 3rd Duke of Dorset, KG (25 March 174519 July 1799) was the only son of Lord John Philip Sackville, second son of Lionel Sackville, 1st Duke of Dorset.

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Joshua Reynolds

Sir Joshua Reynolds (16 July 1723 – 23 February 1792) was an English painter who specialised in portraits.

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Josiah Wedgwood

Josiah Wedgwood (12 July 1730 – 3 January 1795) was an English potter, entrepreneur and abolitionist.

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Knole

Knole is a country house and former archbishop's palace owned by the National Trust.

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Michael Shen Fu-Tsung

Michael Alphonsus Shen Fu-Tsung, SJ, also known as Michel Sin, Michel Chin-fo-tsoung, Shen Fo-tsung, or Shen Fuzong (1691), By Albert Chan (2002) p.395 was a Chinese mandarin and Jesuit from Nanking.

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Omai

Mai (1753–1779), known as Omai in Europe, was a young Ra'iatean man who became the second Pacific Islander to visit Europe, after Ahutoru who was brought to Paris by Bougainville in 1768. Wang-y-tong and Omai are 1750s births.

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Page (servant)

A page or page boy is traditionally a young male attendant or servant, but may also have been a messenger in the service of a nobleman.

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Royal Academy of Arts

The Royal Academy of Arts (RA) is an art institution based in Burlington House in Piccadilly in London, England.

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Royal College of Surgeons of England

The Royal College of Surgeons of England (RCS England) is an independent professional body and registered charity that promotes and advances standards of surgical care for patients, and regulates surgery and dentistry in England and Wales.

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Royal Society

The Royal Society, formally The Royal Society of London for Improving Natural Knowledge, is a learned society and the United Kingdom's national academy of sciences.

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Samuel Johnson

Samuel Johnson (– 13 December 1784), often called Dr Johnson, was an English writer who made lasting contributions as a poet, playwright, essayist, moralist, literary critic, sermonist, biographer, editor, and lexicographer.

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Sevenoaks School

Sevenoaks School is a selective coeducational English public school (a long-established fee-charging boarding school for pupils aged 11/13–18), with provision for day attendees in Sevenoaks, Kent, England. Wang-y-tong and Sevenoaks School are People educated at Sevenoaks School.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wang-y-tong