Robert W. Shufeldt photograph of American Legation in Seoul
odd: label: Local Call Number(s)
content: NAA Photo Lot 81-64, USNM ACC 38151
name: label: Collector
content: Shufeldt, Robert Wilson, 1822-1895
label: Names
content: Allen, Horace Newton, 1858-1932
label: Names
content: Foote, Lucius Harwood, 1826-1913
place: label: Place
content: United States -- Foreign relations -- Korea
label: Place
content: Seoul (Korea)
creator: label: Collector
content: Shufeldt, Robert Wilson, 1822-1895
culture: label: Culture
content: Koreans
bioghist: label: Biographical/Historical note
content: Commodore Robert Wilson Shufeldt (1822-1895) was an American naval officer and diplomat in Asia. He was sent to China, Japan, and Korea on a commercial and diplomatic mission between 1878 and 1887. In 1882, he and Korean commissioners signed the Treaty of Peace, Amity, Commerce and Navigation, which, among other stipulations, provided for the appointment of diplomatic and consular representatives. While there, may have come into contact with Lucius Foote and Dr. Horace N. Allen. Foote was the first Minister to Korea, appointed in 1883 and Allen became United States Minister Plenipotentiary (Ambassador) to the Korean Empire and consul general in 1897.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 1 Glass positive
unitdate: label: Date
content: circa 1884
custodhist: label: Custodial History note
content: Deposited by Robert W. Shufeldt in the United States National Museum as part of a larger collection of Chinese, Japanese, and Korean art, circa 1885. Donated to the museum by Robert Shufeldt's daughter, Mary A. Shufeldt, in 1901 (accession 38151). This photograph was transferred to the National Anthropological Archives by Linda Eisenhardt of the Department of Anthropology Processing Lab, 1981.
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: National Anthropological Archives
identifier: label: Identifier
content: NAA.PhotoLot.81-64
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Glass positives
label: Type
content: Photographs
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Photographs
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents note
content: Photograph depicting Americans Dr. Horace N. Allen, Lucius Foote, and Mrs. Foote with their Korean interpreter and other Korean officials in front of the American Legation in Seoul.
relatedmaterial: label: Location of Other Archival Materials
content: Additional photographs and manuscripts collected by Shufeldt can be found in the National Anthropological Archives in Photo Lot 97, MS 211195, and MS 7356.