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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PHILIP WOUWERMANS.

front are a gentleman on horseback, and a lady, dressed in a
yellow habit, having her fortune told, &c. &c. A dark picture.
Now in the collection of Edward Gray, Esq.
15 in. by 12 in.—P. (about.)

305. A Halt at a Sutler’s Booth. In front of two tents,
which occupy the right, are a trumpeter on a bay horse (seen in
a fore-shortened view) sounding his instrument; behind him
a woman in a large hat, also on horseback ; and nearer the front
a dismounted cavalier, holding a restive dun charger, which is
kicking up behind, and has frightened a woman, from whose
head a basket of apples is falling, and two boys are on their
knees, gathering the scattered fruit: close to the right side is a
group of four figures, amongst whom is a man taking a woman
round the waist; on the opposite side are a man on a brown
horse, and a woman on a gray one, seen behind; and in the
intermediate space and middle distance are a company dancing
to the sound of a pipe.
Now in the possession of Sir J. Shelley Sydney, Bart., atPens-
hwrst, worth. 300/.
13| in. by 18| in.—P.
306. A Return from the Chase. The picture exhibits an
extensive view over a country intersected by rivers, and diversi-
fied with buildings and trees. A high wall, forming the terrace
of a mansion-house, occupies the right side, near the entrance
to which a numerous party of ladies and gentlemen, with attend-
ants and dogs, have halted, and many others are seen arriving
from the opposite side; amongst those nearest to the entrance
are a gentleman (who has alighted from a gray horse, and is
presenting a hare to a lady), while another gentleman is assisting
a lady to dismount from a roan palfrey; behind the latter are a
huntsman paunching a stag, and another feeding the dogs, three
of which are quarrelling; near these are a man taking off a deer
from the back of a mule, and a page holding a light-gray