These photographs in the McCord Museum collection are entitled "A.H. Scott, Montreal, QC, 1891". They were taken by Wm. Notman and Son, photographers. Are they of Arthur H. Scott? The timing is just the slightest bit off--in 1891 Arthur is, according to the census, living in his parent's home in Toronto, and working as a Tea Broker there. Arthur married Minnie Davis in April of 1892 and they move to Montreal by March of 1893, when their first child Howard Elliot Scott was born. Still, the dates are so close--I'll put the portraits out there in case anyone recognizes him.
This one's reaching even further afield--it's entitled "Mrs.Scott in her Wedding Dress, 1891", again taken by Wm. Notman and Sons. I'm not so sure this is Minnie Davis--why would she get a wedding portrait taken in Montreal? Arthur and Minnie married in Aylmer, Ontario, where she grew up. However, the year matches the portrait of A.H. Davis--perhaps she got her gown made in Montreal?
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