China/England: 'Huang Ya Dong (Wang-Y-Tong)'. Oil on canvas painting by Sir Joshua Reynolds (16 July 1723 - 23 February 1792), 1776. Wang-y-tong (c. 1753, fl. 1770s-1784) was a Chinese youth who visited England in the late 18th century, one of the earliest Chinese people known to have visited England. Sir Joshua Reynolds RA FRS FRSA was an influential 18th-century English painter, specialising in portraits and promoting the 'Grand Style' in painting which depended on idealisation of the imperfect. He was one of the founders and first President of the Royal Academy.

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