 By 1878, the family had moved again to Covington, Kentucky where, in addition to the five Paulings, the household also included Fanny Pauling's brother and sister-in-law Alex and Amanda Willis, her sister Harriet Willis, and their niece and nephew Edward and Mollie Masterson.No records have been found of Pauling's artistic activity during this last period in Covington.However, the records of the Louisiana State Museum in New Orleans record the donation by a Miss Helen Gray of Convington of "a very fine portrait by R. A. Pauling, 1859, of James Leacock, in the uniform of the Kentucky Military Institute.