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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at the entrance to the tent; four cavalry and a group of
infantry, firing cannon, are seen in the distance. Engraved by
De Wit.

500. Le Preparatispour le Marche. This picture is com-
posed of three women and a man, the latter of whom is leading
a horse from a stable; one of the former is seated near him, on
a wall, with a distaff in her hand; another is close to the front,
tying up a sack; and the third is leaning on a wall at a little
distance off’. Engraved by Hervey, and ascribed to Wouwer-
mans, under the above title.

501. A Landscape, with a large river on the right, which
flows through the country, and is lost among the distant hills ;
a bridge crosses the stream in a narrow part near the front, on
which is a man leaning over the side looking at some boys
bathing, and others naked on the opposite bank of the river ;
on the opposite side is a man on horseback, in conversation
with a man on foot; the receding country is varied with clusters
of trees and rustic buildings.
Now in the Liechtenstein collection, at Vienna.
23 in. by 31 in.-—C.

502. A Party of Banditti attacking a carriage on the high
road, at the foot of a mountain ; the attack is vigorously
resisted by the travellers and postillions.
Now in the Liechtenstein collection, at Vienna.
23 in. by 30 in.—C.

503. A View on the Coast. Upon a bill, which occupies
the right side of the picture, are twelve figures, one of whom is
a gentleman on a gray horse, on whose right are two sailors
standing by the side of a woman, who is arranging fish on the