Smith, John: A catalogue raisonné of the works of the most eminent Dutch, Flemish, and French painters: in which is included a short biographical notice of the artists, with a copious description of their principal pictures : a statement of the prices at which such pictures have been sold at public sales on the continent and in England; a reference the the galleries and private collections in which a large portion are at present; and the names of the artists by whom they have been engraved; to which is added, a brief notice of the scholars & imitators of the great masters of the above schools (Part 1) (London: Smith and Son, 1829)

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FRANCIS MIERIS.

80. A portrait of a lady.
Collection of Lord de Dunstanville.
Exhibited in the British Gallery, 1815.
81. An old woman reading.
Collection of William Smith, Esq.
Exhibited in the British Gallery, 1818.
82. An Interior, with a soldier drinking.
Now in the collection of the Duke of Wellington.
Exhibited in the British Gallery, 1819.
83. A young lady, in a yellow jacket and a dark blue skirt,
seated at a table with a music-paper in her hand, which she
appears to be looking at with great attention. At her side is
her master with a violin, and on the table stands a white jug
and a glass. This picture is unusually rich, and brilliant in
colour.
Collection of Smeth Van Alpen . 1810. . 1320j?o. 118Z.
Now in the collection of Mad. Six Van Winter, Amsterdam, 1826.
12 in. by 10 in.—P.

84. The Interior of a room, with a large deal table on the
right, upon which lie a bundle of old clothes, a book, a pistol,
a wine-glass, and a tobacco-box: two figures are faintly seen
in the back-ground. This picture is painted with surprising
truth and exquisite finish.
Now in the Munich Gallery.
10^ in. by 6J in.—P. (arched top.)

85. An Interior, with two men seated at a table, one of
whom is in the act of drinking out of a stoop; on the farther