Lot 420: Georgia portrait, Edwin B. Smith (Ohio/New

Georgia portrait, Edwin B. Smith (Ohio/New Orleans, active 1815-1832), Elizabeth Ware Fullwood Billups, wife of Robert Ransome Billups, seated with draped background, signed formerly on back of canvas and reproduced on lining "Painted & Presented by Edwin Bt. Smith Junr. To Mrs. Elizabeth W. Billups.March, 1827", oil on canvas, 30-1/8 x 23-1/8 in.; 19th century "lemon gilt" wood shallow cove molding frame. Restretched on new stretcher, lined, retouch throughout affecting 25 percent of surface, crackle; frame with abrasions, surface loss and chips. Robert and Elizabeth Billups, Clarke County, Georgia; Edward and Martha Billups; William and Florence Griffin.