MS 7151 Shou shan quan tu [Map of Beijing]
odd: label: Local Numbers
content: NAA MS 7151

NAA INV 10000007

USNM Accession 24520

USNM Catalog 152649
label: Variant Title
content: Plan of Peking

Map of the Capital City
name: label: Collector
content: Rockhill, William Woodville, 1854-1914
place: label: Place
content: Beijing (China)
label: Place
content: East Asia
creator: label: Collector
content: Rockhill, William Woodville, 1854-1914
culture: label: Culture
content: Chinese
bioghist: label: Biographical Note
content: William Woodville Rockhill (1854-1914) was an American diplomat and a leading scholar in Chinese and Tibetan studies. He served with the American Legation in Peking (Beijing) in the 1880s and was United States Ambassador to China from 1905-1909.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 1 Print (black and white woodblock, 45 x 24 inches)
unitdate: label: Date
content: undated
container: label: Container
content: Folder 7151
custodhist: label: Custodial History
content: The map was donated to the Department of Anthroplogy in 1891 by William Woodville Rockhill. It was transferred from the object collections of the Department of Anthropology to the National Anthropological Archives by Chang-su Houchins in February 1985.
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: National Anthropological Archives
identifier: label: Identifier
content: NAA.MS7151
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Graphic Materials
label: Type
content: Prints
label: Type
content: Works of art
label: Type
content: Woodblock prints
label: Type
content: Maps
processinfo: label: Processing Information
content: Data and translations furnished by Chang-su Houchins, of the Department of Anthropology, NMNH.
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Works of art
label: Genre/Form
content: Woodblock prints
label: Genre/Form
content: Maps
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: The collection consists of a woodblock print showing Beijing (Peking) within the city walls, oriented to the north. The print is probably a mid- to late-nineteenth century copy of a print from the Qing Dynasty (1796-1820). The map includes street names, various public buildings and structures, including palace grounds, temples, city walls and gates, and other points of interest. It is a popular print, intended for practical use by travelers.  The map has been annotated in pencil with English transliterations of names of city gates.  An English title "Plan of Peking" has also been added. 

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