Historical Portrait
[Elliott Coves(?), head-and-shoulders portrait, facing left]
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1 photographic print on cabinet card.
About this photograph
This cabinet card portrait from 1884 shows a person identified in the archive's title as possibly Elliott Coves, though the spelling appears uncertain. The subject faces left in a head-and-shoulders composition.
No verified information about this individual's identity, occupation, or background has been established for this record. The questioned spelling in the title and the absence of additional documentation leave the subject unconfirmed.
The photograph is held by the Library of Congress as a photographic print on a cabinet card mount, a standard portrait format of the period.
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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