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Digitised?YesLocation IDNg-FS.1-132TitlePortrait of Yeung Tsung DescriptionPortrait of Yeung Tsung which was taken by A. Don and used to disprove that the Chinese man had leprosy.
Related Image: Ng-FS-1-54
Publication: "Windows on a Chinese Past - Vol. 1", by James Ng, pub. Nov. 1993. Image on page 311.
Caption from book: "The only close-up of a Chinese in the Kirkland Collection probably depicts Yueng Tsung, whose face and hands Don photographed in 1902 to disprove leprosy. Yeung Tsung, an unpopular entrepreneur, worked in an Alexandra market garden, but imported goods as well, causing 'trade jealousy.' His stunted thumb (from a whitlow) and facial blotches (partly from drinking) led to the rumor of leprosy, and fears were heightened by the belief that leprosy was sexually transmitted and Yeung Tsung was dallying with a woman. don, however, found no real stigmata of leprosy and took photographs to show to District Health Officer. [A/ Don, Diary, 1899-1907, item 457, 1902; and Kirkland Collecting]"TypeBlack & white negativeDimensions24mm x 35mmDate Createdc. 1902CreatorDon, Alexander RevSubjectPortraits - IndividualLeprosy-Chinese MinersChinese In New ZealandSourceEva and James NgAccession No2018/73/5/2CollectionEva and James Ng Photographic CollectionNoteImage from positive, black and white filmstripRecollect CollectionNew Zealand Chinese CollectionAcknowledgementThank you to the New Zealand Lotteries Commission and the Synod of Otago and Southland for together providing funding to digitise these images.
Digitised?YesLocation IDNg-FS.1-132TitlePortrait of Yeung Tsung DescriptionPortrait of Yeung Tsung which was taken by A. Don and used to disprove that the Chinese man had leprosy. Related Image: Ng-FS-1-54
Publication: "Windows on a Chinese Past - Vol. 1", by James Ng, pub. Nov. 1993. Image on page 311.
Caption from book: "The only close-up of a Chinese in the Kirkland Collection probably depicts Yueng Tsung, whose face and hands Don photographed in 1902 to disprove leprosy. Yeung Tsung, an unpopular entrepreneur, worked in an Alexandra market garden, but imported goods as well, causing 'trade jealousy.' His stunted thumb (from a whitlow) and facial blotches (partly from drinking) led to the rumor of leprosy, and fears were heightened by the belief that leprosy was sexually transmitted and Yeung Tsung was dallying with a woman. don, however, found no real stigmata of leprosy and took photographs to show to District Health Officer. [A/ Don, Diary, 1899-1907, item 457, 1902; and Kirkland Collecting]"
TypeBlack & white negativeDimensions24mm x 35mmDate Createdc. 1902CreatorDon, Alexander RevSubjectPortraits - IndividualLeprosy-Chinese MinersChinese In New ZealandSourceEva and James NgAccession No2018/73/5/2CollectionEva and James Ng Photographic CollectionNoteImage from positive, black and white filmstripRecollect CollectionNew Zealand Chinese CollectionAcknowledgementThank you to the New Zealand Lotteries Commission and the Synod of Otago and Southland for together providing funding to digitise these images.Click on the image to add
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Don, Alexander Rev, Portrait of Yeung Tsung . Presbyterian Research Centre, accessed 16/04/2026, https://pcanzarchives.recollect.co.nz/nodes/view/127733
