China Ponies: A typical Qli pony

ID: SIA RU007263 [SIA2008-2872]

Creator: Sowerby-Clark Expedition to the Shansi and Kansu Provinces of Northern China (1908)

Form/Genre: Black-and-white photographs

Date: 1909

Citation: Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 7263, Arthur de Carle Sowerby Papers, Image No. SIA2008-2872

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Summary

On verso: "This photograph was taken by the Clark Expedition in Shensi, 1909. Note the large head, short neck, and sloping rump, typical points of a 'China Pony.'"

Subject

  • Sowerby, Arthur de Carle 1885-1954
  • Clark, Robert Sterling 1877-1956
  • Sowerby-Clark Expedition to the Shansi and Kansu Provinces of Northern China (1908)

Cite as

Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 7263, Arthur de Carle Sowerby Papers, Image No. SIA2008-2872

Repository Loc.

Smithsonian Institution Archives Capital Gallery, Suite 3000, MRC 507; 600 Maryland Avenue, SW; Washington, DC 20024-2520

Date

1909

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Topic

  • Description and travel
  • Scientific expeditions
  • Animals
  • Horses
  • Chinese

Place

  • Shaanxi Sheng (China)
  • China

Form/Genre

Black-and-white photographs

Local number

SIA RU007263 [SIA2008-2872]

Physical description

Photographic prints

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