J.M. McAlpine tintype gem portrait
Permanent ID:
13524Image Description:
This tintype gem portrait is very small. It is housed in a typical patriotic civil war era stamped frame-card. There is no photographer information available. There is little biographical information on J.M. McAlpine but he is quoted once on page 147 of Elizabeth D. Leonard's 2004 book, Lincoln's Avengers: Justice, Revenge, and Reunion After the Civil War.Inscription:
yours trulyJ.M. McAlpine
ex-marine (below portrait)
patent applied for. (very bottom)