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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and at the side is seen a bagpiper, playing his instrument ;
and two persons, at the half-door of the house, listening to the
music. Engraved in the Musee Francais.
This, and the two preceding pictures, were obtained by con-
quest in 1806 ; and restored by the same means in 1815.
18 in. by 15 in.—P.

105. Le Menage rustique. The interior of a room, with a
woman rocking- a child in a cradle.
Valued by the Experts du Musee, in 1816, at 3000 fs. 120/.
Now in the Louvre.

196. The Interior of a peasant’s cottage, with a company of
four boors, and a woman : one of the former, seated on a stool,
in front, with his back to the spectator, is playing a fiddle ; a
table is placed near him, on the farther side of which are seated
a man and a woman, and another man stands behind them : the
attention of the two former is directed towards a merry fellow,
who appears disposed to dance, and has a glass of liquor and a
jug in his hands. The room is illumined by a large window,
on the right; under which is a boy looking into a cupboard:
a dog lying asleep, in front, and a variety of picturesque objects,
add to the interest of the piece.
Now in the collection of Paul Methuen, Esq.
11 in. by 14 in.—P.

197. Companion to the above, represents boors quarrelling.
The composition consists of five men and two women, in a
cottage : two of the former have been gambling, and a quarrel
has ensued ; in the scuffle, a cask (which has served for a table)
is overturned, and one of them has seized his adversary by the
collar, and is about to strike him with his fist; a third man is
interfering, to prevent mischief; while a fourth, who seems
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