Victorian era portrait of a woman, wearing a dark dress with a white lace shawl, sitting in a chair, circa 1850

This is a portrait of a woman, wearing a dark dress with a white lace shawl, sitting in a chair, circa 1850. This item is from the Pauline Jones Gandrud papers. The collection contains genealogical research notes covering 1820-1880, including county data, church and marriage records, family histories, and other information created and gathered by this Alabama genealogist. The collection also contains a list of military pension and bounty land applications