Historical Portrait
[Bust portrait of educator and lawyer, Ellen Spencer Mussey]
![[Bust portrait of educator and lawyer, Ellen Spencer Mussey], 1884 (Library of Congress)](/api/img/bust-portrait-of-educator-and-lawyer-ellen-spencer-mussey-1884-wuDJ50NetHsMmWYSefMb.jpg)
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1 photograph : print on card mount ; mount 17 x 11 cm (cabinet card format)
About this photograph
The Library of Congress holds this cabinet card portrait from 1884, photographed by Ryder & Marceau. The subject is identified as Ellen Spencer Mussey, described in the archive as an educator and lawyer.
The photograph is a print mounted on card, measuring 17 by 11 centimeters in the cabinet card format common to the period.
No further information about Mussey's career, the circumstances of the portrait, or the photographers' practice has been verified for this record.
Compiled from the catalogue record and reference notes on the formats and events involved. The archive record above is the primary source.
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