Descriptive Summary
Administrative Information
Biographical / Historical Note
Scope and Content of Collection
Indexing Terms
Descriptive Summary
Title: Clark Worswick collection of photographs of China and Southeast Asia
Dates: circa 1860-circa 1939
Collection number: 2003.R.22
Collector:
Worswick, Clark
Extent:
ca. 60 linear
feet
(45 boxes, 1 flat file folder, 1 roll)
Repository:
Getty Research Institute
Research Library
Special Collections and Visual Resources
1200 Getty Center Drive, Suite 1100
Los Angeles, CA 90049-1688
Abstract: Over 1500 images by more than sixty Chinese,
French, or English photographers document the diverse cultures of China and
Southeast Asia. Collected by the historian and curator of photography, Clark Worswick.
Language: Collection material
is in English.
Administrative Information
Access
Open for use by qualified researchers.
Publication Rights
Preferred Citation
Clark Worswick collection of photographs of China and Southeast Asia, circa 1860-circa 1939,
Research Library, The Getty Research Institute, Accession no. 2003.R.22.
Acquisition Information
Received in several acquisitions, 1988, 1992, 1993.
Processing History
Processed by Vladimira Stefura and Beth Guynn. Further processing
and identification is pending.
Biographical / Historical Note
Clark Warswick is a historian of photography and curator.
Scope and Content of Collection
Over 1500 images documenting the diverse cultures of China and
Southeast Asia. The collection includes views of cities and rural landscapes,
trades and commercial pursuits, including urban architecture, ports, vessels
and workers. Sixty photographers, both European and Chinese, are represented in
the collection including William Saunders, Milton Miller, Thomas Child, W.P.
Floyd, Lai Afong, Tung Hing, Yueh Chi, Ye Chung, John Hing-Qua, Pun Lun and See
Tay. Formats include cartes-de-visite, stereographs, photomechanical prints,
drawings, and photographic prints, loose and in albums. Each entry in the
finding aid represents one image, unless otherwise stated. This inventory is
preliminary; further processing and research are pending. Most titles are from an inventory received with the collection
and most are devised.
Arrangement
Arranged in order received, with some exceptions.
Indexing Terms
Subjects - Topics
Gardens
Subjects - Geographic
China
Hong Kong (China)
Japan
Shanghai (China)
Thailand
Genres and Forms of Material
Cartes-de-visite
Drawings
Photographic
prints
Photographs,
Original
Photomechanical
prints
Portraits
Contributors
Chi, Yueh
Child, Thomas
Floyd, W. P.
Tung, Hing
Hing-Qua, John
Lai, Afong
Pun, Lun
Miller, Milton
Saunders,
William
See, Tay
Yi chang
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