Antique Painted Miniature Portrait Pos Marie Anne Fragonard French Artist Rare photo This tintype is out of

This tintype is out of the family album of Civil War Brig General Thomas Foster Gallagher

maybe a misguided attempt at hiding the partially visible woman

slightly trimmed with rounded corners

see the last two image in this listing for my source on this

Antique Painted Miniature Portrait Pos Marie Anne Fragonard French Artist Rare photo This tintype is out ofOriginal painted miniature of a woman behind glass in a gilt bronze? frame. The previous owner attributed this to the French miniaturist Marie Anne Fragonard (1745 1823), and searching online I have seen one of her paintings in a frame with the same logo that is on the back leg of this piece. However, this little portrait is UNSIGNED, so I cannot guarantee who the artist is, however I can guarantee that it is an antique miniature painting on some kind