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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141. A peasant, leaning on his elbow at a window, with a
pipe in his hand.
Collection of M. D. Jongh, Rotterdam, 1810.
- Count Pourtales, 1826, (by Mr. Phillips) 17 gs.
10 in. by 8| in.—P.
142. Dutch boors.
Collection of W. Champion, Esq. . 1810. . . . 41 gs.
143. An Interior of a cabaret, with boors.
Collection of Lucien Buonaparte . . 1816. . . . 63 gs.
15 in. by 13 in.—P.
144. A view in front of a village estamlnet, or ale-house, with
a covered way of trellis-work, and a vine growing over it. The
company consists of a man sitting on the fore-ground, with a
pipe in his right hand, and his hat in the other, apparently
talking- to a woman, who is standing with a ing in one hand,
and the other resting upon a tub, which serves for a table, and
on it are a pipe, a glass, and a handkerchief; another man is
approaching, with an earthen pot of embers in one hand, and
a pipe in the other; and six other figures (men, women, and
children) are distributed about the picture, in which are also
introduced fowls, dogs, bird-cages, and a distant landscape.
Collection of M. Smeth Van Alpen 1810. . 4600y7o. 414£.
Again in a sale by Le Brun . . 1811. 12,001 fs. 480Z.
26 in. by 23 in.—P.

145. The Interior of a peasant’s cottage, with two men
seated before the chimney; one of them is offering a child a
glass of liquor, the other arranging the fire with the tongs; and
another man is standing in the corner of the room, smoking his
pipe near a window, which illumines the chamber. This picture