Historical Illustration/Print: Hon. Robert B. Elliott, Rep. from South Carolina

Robert B. Elliott

Historical Illustration/Print: Hon. Robert B. Elliott, Rep. from South Carolina

c. 1870-1890

Historical Illustration/Print

The New York Public Library offers a printed portrait of Robert Brown Elliott- a British Black man who moved to South Carolina and later became a Congressman (R-SC). The print was created between 1870 and 1890.

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