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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376. A halt of three cavaliers near a sutler’s booth on the
left; one of them has dismounted, and is standing at the side
of his steed, with his hand on the saddle, turning round with a
good-humoured look to his companions, one of whom is mounted
on a dark horse, with a trumpet behind him ; the other is hold-
ing an empty jug in his hand : near the door of the tent is a
man, seated on a basket, with his arm round the waist of the
servant girl, who has a jug of beer in her hand; at a little
distance from them stands a poor boy, with his hat off, begging ;
and on the opposite side, in the second distance, are a man with
a laden mule, and another on horseback. Engraved by Vischer.
Now in the collection of the Duchess de Berri, and worth 250 gs.
12| in. by 15 in.

377. Enlevement d\m Convoi. A View of an extensive hill,
with a piece of water on the right fore-ground; the summit of
the hill is covered with a confused body of cavalry, &c., attack-
ing a convoy of waggons : in front is a soldier in a Turkish
dress, mounted on a piebald horse, galloping, sword in hand,
to close upon a cavalier on a fine prancing charger, who is firing
a pistol at him ; and nearer the spectator lie a horse and its
rider. Engraved, very indifferently, by Ravanet, under the
above title.
14 in. by 19| in.

378. Chevaux d TAbreuvoir. A Landscape, the principal
feature of which is a moat, crossed by a bridge with two arches,
leading to the entrance of a town ; on the bridge are a boy and
a girl, the latter with a child in her arms, looking over a rude
fence at the side, near which are a man on a fine white horse,
coming out of the water, another approaching with two
horses, and a fourth, held by a man standing on the bank, is
drinking, at whose side is a youth coming out of the water from
bathing: seven other figures, at the entrance to the bridge,