Title
Portrait of Mah Lye Wan, daughter-in-law of Wong Ah Fook
Year/Period
Early 20th century
Region
Singapore
Object Type
Material
Dimension
Image size: 13.5 x 8.5 cm
Accession No.
1992-01329
Collection of
Credit Line
Gift of Patricia Lim
Mah Lye Wan was the wife of Wong Siew Nam, eldest son of prominent Chinese migrant Wong Ah Fook. She came from a scholarly family and together with her husband, they opened the first school for girls in Guangzhou, the Kuan Wei Girl's School, where she was headmistress.
