Ink Portrait of John Calvin Ferguson by Li Yuling
name: label: Collection Creator
content: Ferguson, John Calvin, 1866-1945
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content: John Calvin Ferguson Family Papers
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content: John Calvin Ferguson Family Papers / Series 1: Biographical Material
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content: 1936
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content: Oversize 1
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives
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content: Archival materials
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content: John Calvin Ferguson is shown wearing the robes of a Chou dynasty scholar and facing left, underneath two Chinese inscriptions. The first two-column inscription was written by the artist, dated Christmas 1936, marking Dr. Ferguson's 70th birthday; the second inscription is dated New Year's Day 1937 and written by Fu Zengxiang (1872-1949). Fu Zengxiang served as the Minister of Education in China's Beiyang government from December 1917 to May 1919. Possibly made for the occasion of Ferguson's 70th birthday.