Members of the Clark Northern China Expedition

ID: SIA RU007263 [SIA2008-3140]

Creator: Unknown

Form/Genre: Black-and-white photographs

Date: 1908

Citation: Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 7263, Arthur de Carle Sowerby Papers, Image No. SIA2008-3140

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Summary

Members of the Sowerby-Clark China Expedition pose for a picture. Pictured are (Right to Left) Captain H. E. M. Douglas (medical), George A. Grant (manager), Nathaniel H. Cobb (artist), Robert Sterling Clark (expedition leader), Arthur de Carle Sowerby (naturalist). In 1908, Sowerby joined American millionaire Robert Sterling Clark on an expedition into Shansi and Kansu provinces of north China. Robert Sterling Clark (1877-1956) financed several collecting trips by Sowerby. Many of the specimens collected by the Clark-Sowerby expeditions were deposited in the United States National Museum.

Subject

  • Clark, Robert Sterling 1877-1956
  • Grant, George A
  • Sowerby, Arthur de Carle 1885-1954
  • Cobb, Nathaniel H
  • Douglas, H. E. M
  • Sowerby-Clark Expedition to the Shansi and Kansu Provinces of Northern China (1908)

Notes

See also number 2005-5051

Cite as

Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 7263, Arthur de Carle Sowerby Papers, Image No. SIA2008-3140

Repository Loc.

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

Date

1908

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Topic

  • Description and travel
  • Scientific expeditions
  • Chinese

Place

  • Shanxi Sheng (China)
  • China
  • Gansu Sheng (China)

Form/Genre

Black-and-white photographs

Local number

SIA RU007263 [SIA2008-3140]

Physical description

Photographic prints

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