Circa 1826 watercolor and pencil on paper painting of a woman in yellow dress with puffy sleeves, signature in script at base of painting identifies her as Elizabeth Gooch / Smyrna (unconfirmed research shows she was born in 1755 in Virginia and died 1826 and buried in Smyrna, Tennessee as Elizabeth Kimbrough (Gooch). frame is 8 3/4" H.

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