Title
Beaded crest
Year/Period
1897
Region
Penang
Object Type
Material
Technique
Dimension
Frame size: 58.5 x 53.0 x 3.5 cm,
Image size: 37.0 x 31.4 cm
Image size: 37.0 x 31.4 cm
Accession No.
2019-00769
Collection of
Credit Line
Gift of the family of Wu Chang-sheng, Fred
This crest was beaded by the mother of Wu Lien Teh (1879–1960) when he was a medical student at Emmanuel College, Cambridge University. She changed the lion rampant and wreath on Emmanuel College crest into a Chinese lion with a ball here. A recipient of the Queen’s scholarship, the Penang-born Wu is best known for having contained and eliminated a pneumonic plague in Manchuria in 1910–11. He is credited with initiating the modernisation of healthcare in China.
