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Sir Joshua Reynolds Portrait of Huang Ya Dong UK (1776)

Huang Ya Dong (known in England as Wang-y-Tong) was brought to England from China around 1770, by the naturalist John Bradby Blake (1745-1773), owing to the former’s knowledge of Chinese plants and culture. As a result, Huang became somewhat of a minor celebrity in English intellectual circles in the 1770s; he visited the Royal Society in 1775 and is known to have advised Josiah Wedgewood (1730-1795) about the production of Chinese porcelain, and to have explained the principles of acupuncture to the Physician Andrew Duncan (1744-1828). By the time this portrait was painted, Wang-y-Tong had entered the household at Knole, working as a page to the Duchess of Dorset. He was subsequently educated at Sevenoaks School. A later drawing of the sitter is in the British Museum. 

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Late Evening , July - Victoria Crowe 

Scottish, b. 1945 -

The oldest door of València'a cathedral, known as Porta de l'Almoina or Porta de Palau. It's easily recognisable because, being the oldest part of the building, it was built in the Romanesque style. Most of the cathedral was built in Gothic style, with some Baroque additions centuries later.

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Sashiko Jacket

1850-1899 (Meiji Era)

Japan

Sashiko is a quilting technique that uses a running stitch to reinforce and prolong the life of a textile or to join together recycled pieces of cloth into a new garment. Japanese farmers used the technique to create warmer and more durable fabrics, and decorative sashiko stitching developed from this practical function. This robe’s embroidered design is dominated by three variations on the pattern of interlocking circles, called shippō-tsunagi. The bottom band features a design of waves.